By Dr Joe
Seeing as I am still in love with the rocket (arugula) vegetable, I had to come up with another rocket salad recipe that is fair in calories and good enough to keep you going for longer too.
This rocket salad doesn’t quite challenge this one in terms of hunger suppression but it still performs high enough to be in the race.
I managed to get a solid 6 hours plus out of it before I felt somewhat hungry again. That’s not bad at all considering I did not use any salad dressing at all.
If you added a salad dressing that has oil in it, you might get another hour or two more out of it before feeling hungry again.
Always remember though that oils do carry a good amount of calories gram for gram. So, take it easy with the drizzle.
We are going to have some nuts and some fruits in this salad. Hence the name Nutty Fruit Rocket Salad.
What do we need for the Nutty Fruit Rocket Salad recipe?
Ingredients:
Rocket vegetables X 70 g
Apple fruit X 1
Beetroot X 2
Avocado X 1
Cashew nuts X 70 g
Salad Tomatoes X 2
Nutritional facts on beetroot per 100 g
| Calories | 43 kcal |
| Total fat | 0.2 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 0.1 g |
| Monounsaturated fat | 0.0 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.0 g |
| Cholesterol | 0.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fibre | 2.8 g |
| Protein | 1.6 g |
| Sodium | 80 mg |
| Potassium | 323 mg |
How to make the Nutty Fruit Rocket Salad
>> Place the rocket vegetables in a salad bowl.
>> Slice in the salad tomatoes
>> Slice the beetroots up and add them in.
>> Scoop in the avocado flesh and add your sliced up apple fruit.
>> Now nut up the salad by sprinkling in the cashew nuts. Toss up the entire salad content in the bowl.
That’s it. Your nutty fruit rocket salad is ready to be served.
Enjoy!
As for blood sugar reading 1 hour following this nutty fruit rocket salad, I got a blood glucose reading of 4.3 mmol/l (77.4 mg/dl). Nice!
Dr. Joe