10 recipes to freshen up your salad with a tropical touch

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Eating healthy will get a lot tastier with these mango salad recipes. The fruit brings more flavor, nutrients and texture to the dish. In other words, only benefits! Be sure to test this delicious salad that can be a great accompaniment or the main element of a meal.

1. Simple mango salad

Ingredients

• 1 chopped palmer mango
• 1/2 red onion cut in half-moon
• 1 chopped pimento pepper
• Coriander to taste
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil to taste

Directions

1. In a bowl, place the mango, red onion, pepper and cilantro. Mix together;
2. Season with salt and olive oil. Stir well;
3. Taste.

2. Thai mango salad

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon brown, demerara or coconut sugar
• 1 Tbsp. concentrated fish sauce
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup red pepper, finely diced
• 1 large thinly sliced mango
• 1/2 small red onion, sliced
• Coriander to taste
• Toasted peanuts to taste, coarsely chopped

Directions

1. Place the sugar, fish sauce concentrate, lemon juice and allspice in a small bowl. Mix well and set aside;
2. Distribute the mango on a plate or in the refractory to be served;
3. Add the red onion and drizzle with the sauce created earlier;
4. Sprinkle the cilantro and peanuts;
5. Serve.

3. Mango vinaigrette salad

Ingredients

• 120 grams of diced cucumber
• 120 grams of diced seedless tomatoes
• 1 medium mango, diced
• 1 jalapeño or finger pepper
• 1 handful coarsely chopped cilantro or parsley
• Salt to taste
• Juice of 1 tahiti or sicilian lemon
• 2 teaspoons unfiltered and unpasteurized apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

Directions

1. In a baking dish, place the cucumber, tomato, mango, pepper and cilantro;
2. Season with the salt, lemon and vinegar. Mix everything together;
3. Finish with the olive oil and stir once more;
4. Now just serve.

4. Mango salad with cucumber

Ingredients

Directions

1. Cut all ingredients into similar sizes. You can dice them, cut them into strips or grate them;
2. Place the mango, cucumber, bell pepper, and avocado in a bowl;
3. Let the chopped onion rest a little in the water;
4. Season the contents of the vessel with the lemon, salt, pepper and parsley;
5. Drain the onion and add to the remaining ingredients;
6. Mix well and taste.

5. Mango salad with lettuce

Ingredients

• Lettuce to taste
• Chopped carrot to taste
• 200 grams of natural peas
• Chives, chopped to taste
• 1 sliced mango
• Water to taste
• A little vinegar to taste
• A pinch of black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch of oregano
• 1 pinch of salt
• Olive oil to taste

Directions

1. Wash the lettuce and chop coarsely. If desired, you can mix several types together;
2. Place the lettuce in the baking dish in which the salad will be served;
3. Assemble by carefully adding the carrot, peas, green onion and mango;
4. To create a little seasoning, place in a small pot: water, vinegar, black pepper, oregano, salt and olive oil. Mix until smooth;
5. Pour the dressing over the salad or serve with the little pot of dressing on the side.

6. Mango Salad with Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped mango
• 1 large sliced tomato
• 1/2 onion, chopped into strips
• Chopped green onion to taste
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 lemon
• Olive oil to taste
• Black pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a large bowl, place the mango, tomato, onion and green onion. Mix together;
2. For seasoning, add the salt, lemon, olive oil and black pepper;
3. It is ready!

7. Creamy mango salad with cabbage

Ingredients

• 1/2 medium cabbage, chopped
• Chives, chopped to taste
• 1 small chopped tomato
• 1 medium mango, chopped
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• Juice of 1/2 lemon or vinegar
• Mayonnaise to taste

Directions

1. Prepare the salad in a deep bowl for easy stirring;
2. Put ingredients in this order: cabbage, green onion, tomato, mango, salt, black pepper, lemon, and mayonnaise;
3. Mix well until all is well incorporated and homogeneous;
4. Now just enjoy.

8. Mango salad with strawberry and salmon

Ingredients

• Sliced smoked salmon to taste
• Lettuce slices to taste
• Watercress to taste
• Strawberry to taste
• Chopped mango to taste
• 125 ml olive oil
• 50 grams of mustard
• 50 ml red wine vinegar
• 1/2 lemon squeezed
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Arrange the salmon slices on the bottom of the plate;
2. On top place the coarsely chopped lettuce leaves, the watercress, the halved strawberry and the chopped mango;
3. To make the dressing mix the oil, mustard, vinegar, lemon, sugar and salt;
4. Drizzle the salad with the dressing and enjoy.

9. Spring salad with mango

Ingredients

• 1 bunch of iceberg lettuce
• 1 bunch of crisp lettuce
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 cup sliced heart of palm
• 1 mango, chopped
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil to taste
• Oregano to taste

Directions

1. Thoroughly sanitize all foods and cut the cherry tomato in half;
2. In a deep bowl, place the two types of lettuce, the cherry tomatoes, the hearts of palm, and the mango. Mix together, or use a scoop when serving;
3. Serve a portion on a plate and season with salt, olive oil, and oregano;
4. Eat afterwards.

10. Tropical salad with mango

Ingredients

• Chopped lettuce to taste
• 2 chopped tomatoes
• 1 chopped small mango
• 1/2 cup heart of palm, diced
• Chives, chopped to taste
• Olive oil to taste
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• Juice of 1 lemon

Directions

1. Start the preparation directly in the baking dish in which the salad will be served;
2. Add the lettuce, tomato, mango, hearts of palm, and green onion;
3. In a small pot mix the olive oil, salt, black pepper and lemon;
4. With the aid of a spoon, pour the dressing over the salad gradually;
5. Serve.

After so many tasty combinations, eating salad will get more interesting. And to continue enjoying the benefits of this amazing fruit, check out these recipes and information about mango juice.