My husband and I, eat one green salad almost everyday, sometimes even two. What can I say … we like to get our salad on!
Good thing though, because green salads are a great way to get some of those healthy skin supporting vitamins, minerals, and healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
Vitamins A, C, and E are some of the key players when it comes to building strong, firm, wrinkle-free skin.
Also important for the nourishment of healthy glowing skin are the minerals silicon, zinc, and sulfur.
Silicon strengthens our skin, and gives it a more youthful appearance. Zinc helps with the regeneration of skin cells, and sulfur gives our skin a beautiful complexion with a radiant glow.
We also need healthy fats from sources like olive oil, avocados, nuts, and seeds to help support healthy skin.
The ingredients used in the recipe below provide all of the skin supporting nutrients mentioned above. Make sure you buy them organic, so you don’t have to worry about eating those harmful pesticides and chemicals found in conventional produce!
I didn’t have a ripe avocado on hand, but it would be a great addition to this salad. Avocados are an excellent source of monounsaturated fat.
Recipe: Delicious Romaine Cucumber Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 head romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
- 10 red radishes, thinly sliced
- 1/2 small purple onion, thinly sliced
- 1 large cucumber (with skin), thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- raw sunflower seeds
Directions:
- Toss all ingredients in a large bowl. Serve with sunflower seeds.
Enjoy!
To Healthy Glowing Skin,
Shahné
- Romaine Lettuce is an excellent source of silicon.
- Red Radishes are rich in both silicon and sulfur.
- Onions are rich in sulfur.
- Cucumbers great source of vitamins A and C, as well as, silicon. Don’t peel your cucumbers because the silicon is in the skin.
- Red Bell Peppers a great source of vitamins A and C. Silicon is found in the skin.
- Raw Sunflower Seeds provides zinc, as well as vitamin E
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