Slimmer Salad

Ingredients:

  • Iceberg lettuce 1 bunch
  • Apples- 2 med sized
  • Watermelon (optional) -1/4 small sized
  • Carrot – 1 med sized
  • Cucumber – 1 med sized
  • Tomatoes- 2 med sized
  • Celery- 1 stem
  • Orange- 2
  • Capsicum- 1 med size
  • Spring onions- 2
  • Mint leaves- a few springs
  • Garlic- 6-8 cloves
  • Mustard seeds- 1 tbsp
  • Sea salt- 1 tbsp
  • Pepper corns- 8-10
  • Lemon juice- 2 tbsp
  • Malt vinegar- 2 tbsp

Method:

  • Wash the lettuce, tear into bite size pieces and dip in ice cold water to make it crisp.
  • Wash, core the apples and cut into one inch cubes
  • Cut, slice, peel and deseed the watermelon. Peel and wash the carrot. Peel, wash and deseed the cucumber, wash and deseed the tomatoes. Cut all into one inch sized cubes.
  • Wash and cut celery sticks into one inch sized pieces.
  • Skin orange, separate the segments and deseed them. Cut them into half.
  • Wash, deseed and cut capsicum into one inch cubes.
  • Wash the spring onions and cut greens into one inch long pieces.
    Cut the onions into quarters and separate the layers.
  • Wash mint leaves, reserve some for garnishing and chop the remaining.
  • In a bowl, mix all the fruits and vegetables except lettuce and mint leaves. Chill in refrigerator for about ten minutes.
  • For making the dressing peel garlic cloves and crush them in a small mortar and pestle along with mustard seeds, sea salt, pepper corns, chopped mint leaves and lemon juice.
  • Toss the salad with malt vinegar and the dressing. Serve the salad on a bed of crisp lettuce, garnished with mint leaves.

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