Waldorf Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing makes a healthy and hearty breakfast. We often underestimate the importance of eating our breakfast. People nowadays are willing to skip their breakfasts in order to catch up with their schedules and activities. Even if they make time for it, the portion is usually meager and unsatisfying.
Even worse, people are consuming fast food as their breakfast to save time. Fast food might have a satisfying portion, however it is extremely unhealthy for our body. Junk and fried foods contain a lot of calories and fat, and can seriously deteriorate your health. On the other hand, a healthy breakfast provides nutrients and energy that allow us to be more productive during the day!
Amazing Farm’s Waldorf Salad is perfect for breakfast in terms of nutrition and portion. Can you imagine all the goodness of the vegetables and fruit being consumed in the morning? Certainly the effect is every bit as beneficial for your body! Add some croutons on top and finish it with blue cheese dressing… Mmm.. It is not only healthy, but also satisfying!
Let’s take a look inside the salad…
Celery stick from the same family as parsley, Umbelliferae
Celery is a type of medicinal plants that is usually used to make soup or salad. Celery has lots of benefits for your body, therefore celery stick is included in Waldorf Salad.
Several studies have found that consuming celery is useful to maintain kidney function. Kidney is an important organ that filters your blood from toxic substances produced by the body. It also regulates the volume of blood in order to achieve balance in the body, while recycling water, minerals, glucose and nutrients that enter the nephron and circulate them back into the bloodstream.
Celery has a high content of vitamin A, while the stick is a source of vitamin B1, B2, B6 and C. Other than these vitamins, it also supplies our body with potassium, folate, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium and amino acids.
Natural organic sodium in celery salt is safe to eat and essential to health. The sodium contained in celery is safe to consume even for those with hypertension.
Cherry Apples
You ought to know that apple is very rich in fiber which helps keep the digestive system clean and healthy.
In addition to high fiber content, apples are also believed to help cure diarrhea or constipation. Apples also offer amazing health benefits as cancer preventer and beauty enhancer.
Once you know the benefits of lettuce, you will never again leave it as garnish
Waldorf salad memberikan sayuran segar yang sering ditemui pada salad ternyata bukan
The lettuce contained in Waldorf Salad turns out to be extraordinary. Apart from its delicious taste, eating lettuce actually prevents us from cancer.
Mix lettuce is rich in potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus and iodine. Lettuce is also rich in magnesium and iron. Magnesium itself is useful for repairing muscle tissue, the brain and nerves. The sodium found in lettuce enables cells to grow, particularly cells of the nervous system and lung tissue cells.
Cherry tomatoes
Waldorf Salad contains cherry tomatoes as well. As we all know, tomato is a fruit full of vitamins such lycopene, magnesium, manganese, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B , vitamin A, and much more.
Well known benefits of tomatoes including lowering the risk of prostate cancer, preventing coronary heart, maintaining heart health and providing nutrition to the skin.
Last but not least, is the blue cheese dressing. Blue cheese dressing consists of plain yoghurt, apple vinegar, onions and garlic. Imagine the freshness of vegetables, combined with sweet and sour dressing.. Mmm.. It will taste unforgettable!