Three Power Salads

Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start! Ever since I started cooking for Lucía, I pay much more attention to our daily nutritional intake. The so-called power salads elevate what it was initially conceived as an starter or side dish to a main course dish in its own right. The key is to include one or two highly nutritive ingredients, such as salmon, eggs or avocados. 

I realized I'd been neglecting legumes, such as lentils or chickpeas, in my diet during the past 15 years. Growing up in Spain, cocidos de lentejas o garbanzos (Spanish for lentils or chickpeas stew) were on heavy rotation in our household. I wouldn't dare to match my mother or my late grandmother's cocidos, but I find these legume-salad ideas much more attainable. Here you have three recipes I've been recreating on my own during the past months. Easy, delicious and nutritious! 

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Lentils salad recipe courtesy of Epicurious

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Salmon and avocado salad recipe courtesy of Wholefoods Market

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Roasted chickpeas salad courtesy of Pinch Of Yum

I would love to hear, how do you like this power salad thing? Is there any particular recipe you like to stick to?

Thanks for reading!