Sunday, October 21, 2012

A flavorful crunchy and cheesy salad

Lifestyle has become fast paced with little time for nutrition, salads can be healthy, satisfying meals on their own or perfect accompaniments to main dishes.

This salad is a combination of fresh chrunchy veggies,fruits,nuts and feta cheese tossed with a yummy dressing.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup diced cucumber
  • 1 cup shredded lettuce
  • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup pitted olives
  • 1/4 cup feta cheese cubes
  • 1/4 pomegranate seeds
  • 1 tbsp chopped walnuts
For dressing
  • 6-7 mint leaves
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • a pinch of black pepper
  • a few drops of lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp himalayan salt 

Procedure

Mix all the above in a salad bowl and give it a nice toss then refrigerate to 15 min and serve chilled



11 comments:

Unknown said...

colorful and crunchy..

radha said...

Healthy salad. And rather filling at the same time with the feta and the walnuts. And has plenty eye-appeal too

Vimitha Durai said...

Healthy n refreshing salad

divyagcp said...

Colorful and refreshing salad..

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Reshmi Mahesh said...

Colorful yummy salad..

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Thats very simple and nice

Arti said...

Look at all those colors popping out, yummy! I love it when health is combined in such a refreshingly colorful manner. Would love to try this out :)

Hari Chandana P said...

Very healthy and delicious salad.. Yummy :)
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Unknown said...

Such a healthy & tasty salad. Looks perfect to me :)

virunthu unna vaanga said...

lovely n healthy...
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yummy salad!!
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