Improve Your Skin with This Tasty and Healthy Breakfast: Beauty Salad

Laura Lond
I learned this recipe from my mom, it has been our family favorite for many years. Taken daily for breakfast, this tasty and nutritious "beauty salad" will work from within to make your skin healthy and smooth.

If you are not a big breakfast eater, this is a perfect solution: the salad is light and easily digested, and you only need one relatively small serving that will give your body the necessary "wake up and go" nutrition without making you feel stuffed.

The beauty salad is not difficult to make, but you have to prepare it fresh daily. Of course, doing this requires some time and some discipline; however, the result is well worth the effort, and when you have fallen in the daily routine of making this salad, you will do it on autopilot, quickly and easily.

Pour 1/4 cup of water in a bowl, add two tablespoons of oats and stir. Add one tablespoon of honey and stir in as well. While the oats are soaking in honey water, grate one medium to large apple. I prefer Red of Golden Delicious, but any other kind will work as well. Place grated apple into the bowl, add a handful of chopped walnuts and stir everything together. Enjoy.

You can adjust the taste by adding more honey, making your salad sweeter. More walnuts will make it crunchier and more filling. I like walnuts, so I usually put a lot of them. It is best to eat the salad right away. If you let it sit, the apple will darken; this is normal and it does not take away any of the nutritional value, but it may not look so appealing.

All the ingredients are known for their skin-improving qualities. Fresh apples are recommended to prevent and clear acne, they contain antioxidants, bioflavonoids (water-soluble plant pigments with anti-inflammatory qualities), fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Walnuts have zinc and Vitamin E, both are very good for our skin, plus walnuts oils help to keep the skin hydrated because of linoleic acid they contain. Oats are a known part of clear skin diets, they contain many nutrients including selenium, zinc, magnesium, and Vitamin E. Health and beauty benefits of honey are too numerous to mention, it has been widely used in many cultures both internally and externally. The beauty salad offers a powerful combination of it all that will work great if you use it regularly.

Published by Laura Lond

I have done many things in my life, from picking herbs for the local pharmacy when I was a kid to working for large international corporations, but I have always wanted to be a writer.  View profile

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  • Nikki1/12/2009

    How interesting!

  • R. Elizabeth C. Kitchen (Rose)12/22/2008

    Sounds awesome

  • Evan Ego12/16/2008

    Wow! My fiance was just asking me if I knew anything that was good for skin care. I'm emailing her this one now.

  • Elisa Nova12/15/2008

    How interesting!

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