Beat The Heat With Oil-Free Slimmers' salad !
Submitted by: Scarlett Cattley
This is a salad that's good for health and really tasty at the same time! I hope you enjoy it.
2 servings 40 minutes cook time40 minutes prep time
Ingredients:
| 1 | bunch iceberg lettuce, wahsed and torn into bite-sized pieces |
| 1 | asparagus, fresh,washed |
| 2 | medium apples, washed |
| 1/4 | small watermelon (optional) |
| 1 | medium fresh carrot, washed and peeled |
| 1 | medium cucumber, washed and de-seeded |
| 2 | medium fresh tomatoes, washed and de-seeded |
| 1 | stalk celery, washed |
| 2 | oranges, washed and peeled |
| 1 | medium red capsicum, washed and de-seeded (bell pepper) |
| 2 | spring onions, washed |
| 4 | cloves garlic, washed and peeled |
| 3-5 | sprigs fresh mint leaves, washed |
| 3/4 | teaspoon curry powder |
| 1/8 | teaspoon sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon sea salt, to taste |
| 1 | teaspoon mustard seeds |
| 3 | tablespoons lemon juice |
| 2 | teaspoons malt vinegar |
Directions:
- Put lettuce in ice cold water to keep it crisp.
- Core apples and cut into one-inch sized cubes.
- Cut asparagus into one-inch sized pieces.
- Cut, slice, peel and de-seed the watermelon.
- Cut celery into one-inch sized pieces.
- Wash and de-seed cucumber and tomatoes.
- Cut cucumber and tomatoes into one-inch sized cubes.
- Separate the segments of the orange and de-seed them.
- Then, cut the segments into half.
- Cut capsicum into one-inch sized cubes.
- Cut the green portion of the spring onions into one-inch long pieces.
- Cut onions (the remaining part of the spring onions) into quarters.
- Separate the layers.
- Reserve some mint leaves for garnishing and chop the rest.
- Crush sea salt, mustard seeds and garlic with lemon juice in a mortar with a pestle.
- Mix malt vinegar, sugar and curry powder.
- Mix all the fruits, vegetables and chopped mint leaves in a bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients (which in this salad are the dressing, really).
- Toss well with a fork or spoon.
- Transfer this salad on a bed of crisp iceberg lettuce.
- Garnish with mint sprigs.
- Serve immediately.
- Enjoy, as often as you can, and do not worry about calories!
