We decided to put the energy, the electric vibe and all the boldness off for the winter. We keep them cold while we fire up the Salad Box ovens and hotplates for new products. We calm down chromatically, but not sensorially. We are launching the WHITE-BLACK winter campaign. No candles and fluffy blankets this winter: we're going outside - on the slopes! 🏂Let the ice crackle and the soups, Plates and new hot products sizzle.

Fast forward to Giveaways, in-app promotions and goodies to take on the mountain and devour in a hurry… or in peace.We are tonic and ready to explore new tastes, but we also honor tradition. Having said that, we invite to the stage the winter salads that made a sensation last year: Crispy Caesar Salad and Winter Salad.

They're packed with vitamins and protein like Santa's bag of presents. If you don't want us to make you hungry, stop reading, because we're about to remind you what ingredients they contain:

Crispy Caesar Salad

• Salad
• Crispy chicken🍗
• Egg🥚
• Mozzarella🧀
• Cucumbers🥒
• Cranberry
• Tortilla Chips
• Dressing 😋 

Winter Salad❄️ 

• Salad 
• Marinated chicken🍗
• Double cream cheese🧀
• Cucumbers 🥒
• Pineapple🍍
• Corn🌽
• Cranberry
• Dressing of your choice 😋

We are waiting for you at Salad Box to try one of these Limited Editions!* 

*These products can only be ordered at certain Salad Box restaurants. 

❄️COOL has never been so TASTY❄️

Our autumn is strong... and so are our people. You are the ones who have understood that no amount of exercise or good habits cancel out unhealthy eating. You already know that of all the macro-nutrients, by far the most challenging and important is to ensure the necessary PROTEIN intake.

But what does "necessary intake" mean? For a person who weighs 50 kg, it is recommended to eat at least 80 grams of protein per day. A person weighing 80 kg needs at least 130 g of protein/day.

Most of us don't even have 50 grams in our daily menu.

If you want to calculate your protein needs, use the formula 1.6/2.2 x how many kilograms you weigh. (1.6 - if you just want to maintain your current muscle mass, 2.2 if you want to increase)

You are close? If not, here are some simple ways to increase your daily protein intake:

1. Prep protein ahead. Make sure you always have cooked chicken breast (or another source of protein) in the fridge. Be one step ahead of hunger!
2. Plus from breakfast. Choose to eat omelette, tuna, a wrap with chicken or other options 💪 to start the day with a + protein.
3. Increase the portion of meat, falafel, chickpeas or any other proteins you opt for.
4. Keep protein snacks close. Skyr, protein pudding, cottage cheese, protein bars
5. When choosing your protein source, opt for low-fat versions (these are denser in protein). Chicken pipet, tuna, cottage cheese, egg white.

It's simple, but not necessarily easy. If you need a protein boost, you can always order a Hummus Bowl!!! It's a product that we thought up especially for those who want to increase their protein intake. We let the numbers speak for us:

Falafel Hummus Bowl - 49 grams of protein

Chicken Hummus Bowl - 32 grams of protein

Halloumi Hummus Bowl- 49 grams of protein

We are waiting for you at the location or on the delivery platform to try Hummus Bowls and let's agree again on the fact that healthy food can also be very delicious.

Stay strong 💪

Healthy Desserts: Myths and Challenges while tasting!

You might think that saying "healthy desserts" means forcing the limit and believing too much in a world without consequences. But we have good news for you: desserts can be part of a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Obviously if we eat them with moderation. Depending on our diet and physical activity, once or twice a week, a portion of dessert will not harm our health.

Healthy desserts - 3 myths and 4 quick proposals

The World Health Organization recommends that in the total energy mix intake should be: 55-75% carbohydrates, 15-30% fat, and 10-16% ProTides. This is daily, and to see what this means for an adult, it's about 275 to 375 g of carbohydrate, between 33 and 67 g of fat and between 75 and 100 g of ProTides.

Myths are as many as how many opinions and studies. We chose the most common and we offer you an alternative of healthy desserts from the Salad Box menu.

Myth 1: Sugar has no nutritional value. FALSE

Sugar contains calories. And these are the equivalent of the energy they provide. There are 4 food components that supply calories, thus energy for the body: protein (4 calories / gram); carbohydrates (4 calories / gram); alcohol (7 calories / gram); fat (9 calories / gram).

A good balance between calorie intake and burning can be the beginning of a diet that will shape your body.

Solution:

Salad Box Chia pudding with peaches, musli crunch and almond flakes. It contains in the 200g portion: the highest number of proteins in our dessert products: 14.60 Proteins. And 53.00 Carbohydrates, 21.30 Lipids.

And most importantly, it contains that healthy sweet that does not make you feel guilty but spoiled.

Myth 2: Desserts are forbidden to diet. FALSE

Desserts have received an unfair reputation unjustly. The fact that are often called temptations, they are avoided and denigrated is a myth that propagates and you can defeat today. In fact, an international study has measured the effects of total elimination of everything you like from eating when you're on the diet. And surprise: those who refrain from eating the things they are fond of, are those who are most likely to overstate in the longer term.

Solution:

Greek yogurt with muesli crunch, bananas and honey. With a 200 grammage contains: Carbohydrates 43.60, Proteins 13.10, Lipids 8.80.

To make a comparison, look how many Carbohydrates, Proteins and Lipids contain a milk chocolate with apples and peaches.

100 grams of product:

Milk chocolate: Carbohydrates 49, Protein 6.9, Lipids 39.90.

Apple: Carbohydrates 16.9, Proteins 0.3, Lipids 3.40

Peaches: Carbohydrates 17.6, Proteins 0.71, Lipids 0 

Myth 3: No desserts before noon. FALSE

The idea of ​​eating something sweet at breakfast seems sinful. But another study to disassemble this myth says that a 600 calories breakfast containing fruit, fiber, protein and something good to quench your lust makes the road to a perfect body simpler and easier unnoticed.

The solution: 

Chia Pudding with Banana, Peanut Butter and Musli Crunch: Grammage 200g and Carbohydrates 41.50, Protein 16.60, Lipids 24.30.

Here's how the calories report on proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.

• 1 gram of protein has 4 calories
• 1 gram of carbohydrates has 4 calories
• 1 gram of fat or lipid has 9 calories

And for those who do not believe a myth, or do not listen to diets but want something healthy in the morning, for them, their children or grandmother who wants something sweet, another dessert based on yogurt there is the Salad Box solution.

Greek yogurt with blueberry jam, muesli crunch and cranberry.

The most appropriate is to consume desserts made in-house. That's how we can control the amount of sugar we add, as well as the rest of the ingredients. An example of simple dessert: a combination of fruit cheese. You can use a fine cheese (cheese cream, mascarpone, etc.) and seasonal fruits such as strawberries.

But if you do not have time, then at the Salad Box the dessert menu is ready, natural, fresh and not at all sinful.

Nutritionist's advice for healthy desserts:

"It is recommended that instead of dessert we eat rather solid foods. They require mastication, and will give you a longer saturation. It also occupies more space in the stomach and the dessert is digested in a longer time. It eliminates the risk that we will use another source of food immediately after its consumption. Thus, we avoid increasing our caloric intake. "- Iulia Hădărean, Nutritionist-dietician

* Ingredient of the Week at Salad Box *

Cranberry - because the list of benefits is long, long to read as long as you eat a portion of our delicious desserts or a salad that can contain this wonderful ingredient. Whether you eat them fresh or dehydrated, they only have 46 calories per 100g and they offer you vitamin C (16% of RDI), provitamin A, vitamins B1 and B2, vitamin E (8% of RDI), niacin, retinol , phosphorus, potassium, manganese (17% of RDI), fibers (5% of RDI), salicylic acid and, in smaller amounts, essential fatty acids omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9.

@ sarahfs3122017 shows on its Instagram account, how it can be combined the appetite with lifestyle by consuming the Greek yoghurt with cranberry jam, musli crunch and cranberry.

#SOCIAL: Use #saladboxhungary and we will post your creation on Instagram.

Nutritional calculator for your lusts - Choose from menu and find out what you eat.

BOILED EGG: CALORIES, IDEAS, RECOMMENDATIONS

It's been a long time to recover after the Spring holidays, so let's go back to a spring favorite and re-enter it in our daily meals.

Egg contains all the essential amino acids, so they are a complete protein. So we recommend again the egg. As an element in your salads it answer 3 frequently asked questions. Here's why they are awaiting you, freshly prepared in your salads, at Salad Box, eggs for extra color, taste and health.

Boiled egg - the option you need to try and why

We've talked in a previous blog about the data that sometimes passes by lust and taste, and focuses on figures. We take them into account when it comes to desserts, but sometimes even when choosing the ingredients for salads, we create at Salad Box.

Because eggs sometimes have a negative reputation when it comes to diet, let us first answer the questions for those worried about this.

Question 1: How many calories does an egg have and what is it recommended for?

How many calories have an egg:

Although the proteins are in glair, yolk is also valuable for the source of healthy fats and the beta carotene it contains.

Glair - it has no fat, and carbohydrates are just 1.1 grams. It contains about 16 kcal and 4 g of protein and is rich in vitamin B2.

Yolk - provides 155 calories per gram, derived from 12.6 g protein and 10.6 g of fat. And it is rich in vitamin B12 and Selenium.

To make a comparison, for 100 grams of product- fried egg, content is: 196 Calories, 13.6 Proteins, 15.3 Lipids, 0.9 Carbohydrates.

Question 2: What can I choose from the menu if I'm on the diet?

Caesar Salad is an option with fewer lipids, for those with a clear TO DO list. Ingredients: Cucumber, Mozzarella, Egg, Green salad, Chicken grill. With 370g mass, it contains: 42.5g Carbohydrates, 41.3g Proteins and only 26.20g Lipids.

Question 3: Why add boiled egg to my favorite salad?

We recommend to mix them: your favorite salad plus an extra ingredient- egg.

Because it fits perfectly with sweet, sour or salty, it is the ideal ingredient that brings on a significantly contribution to the health resources.

And not just that, if you give us a tag to your sunny salad with an egg’s yolk, we will post on our page the combination.

Nutritionist's advice for boiled egg:

"Egg is the best protein source of all foods (egg protein bioavailability is 100%, compared to meat that reaches 97-98%). This tells us that our body gets to use them at their maximum capacity. "- Iulia Hădărean, Nutritionist-dietician

* Dressing of the week at Salad Box *

Emma with Avocado and Oregano - Because it will perfectly complement the color palette and will complete the taste of egg salads. The fine balance between the bitter and sweet, with flavors of the Mediterranean summer garden and the fresh feeling, will be your favorite and you may have a new To Go dressing.

Combine this week’s dressing with the recommended Salads or with those you create.

@domokostimea - a trainer, dancer and nutritionist, shows us her option for a salad with extra egg only good for the #healthyfood and #afterworkout category.

SOCIAL: Use #saladboxhungary. We will post on our Salad Box Instagram your creations.

Nutritional calculator for your lusts - Choose from menu and find out what you eat

This year the rounds of heat grow stronger at the end of summer. As the weather heats up so does our passion for healthy food and our commitment to help you eat properly. We know time is not our friend when it comes to eating healthy, that’s why we decided to do something and cut it down from the list of excuses. Salad Box brings on the new portable, hand-held, easy and fun to eat Wraps.

We care about your wellbeing! We want you to feel healthy and confortable wearing your body. It is known that great health begins with balanced nutrition. Good news is you don’t have to eat less, you just have to eat smart. We are sure it’s not always easy to nourish your body with essential nutrients, giving our busy schedules, which is why we developed a new product to help you through: Nutrimix.  

So what exactly is Nutrimix? It is a power-packed nourish bowl, a concept that is highly appreciated worldwide. It is based on two main principles: balance and contrast.   

Balance. You can go crazy when choosing ingredients for your favorite Nutrimix. Don’t worry, we got it all planned out. While mixing a whole rainbow of ingredients and seasoning it in any number of ways, the basic formula always remains the same. These way we make sure to power-pack every Nutrimix with all the nutrients needed to fill you up, ignite your energy and spark your soul. The best bowls balance a combination of whole grains, lean protein, healthy fats, and fresh vegetables or fruit. Carbs, proteins, vitamins and good fats… Nutimix hits them all and brings out a healthy dish option for any meal of the day.  

Contrast. It is all about the delicious mix-ins and bold combinations. The whole idea is to bring together all the things that make you feel extremely good, and combine them into one tasty creation. Nutrimix juggles with colors, textures, shapes and cooking methods that were never brought together before. It contains ingredients that are boiled (rice, quinoa), as well as grilled (halloumi, chicken, beef, sweet potato ) or served raw. On the same plate you will find hot and cold, creamy and crispy, all sorts of shapes, any type of flavor… everything and anything that will elevate your health and will live you filling all sorts of awesome.  

Nutrimix is as good to look as it is to eat. We are waiting for you in any of our restaurants to come and enjoy its beautiful balance and delicious taste.