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Fresh spinach, beet and bean salad

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This is my go to salad. Easy to make, packed with nutrients and really tasty! This salad makes a great lunch to take on the go.

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Fresh Spinach, Beet and Bean Salad

Prep Time20 mins
Course: Salad
Keyword: delicious, fresh, healthy, vegan, vegetarian
Servings: 2 people
Author: Jennifer Nunez
Cost: £5

Ingredients

  • 1 bag spinach
  • 1 cooked beets
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1 large tomato
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 lemon (juice)
  • 1 tsp dill
  • 2 pinch salt

Instructions

  • Chop onion and squeeze in lemon to soften the onion
  • Add a pinch of salt to onion and lemon
  • Clean and chop all other vegetables
  • Add to a large bowl.
  • Top with beans, onion mixture and dill

Vietnamese Inspired Prawn Salad

Main Entrees, Recipes, Salads & Dressings

This is a perfect meal for a a summer day. It doesn’t require much in the way of preparation and is very versatile to incorporate vegetables you have on hand. Fresh and crispy with a spicy kick, hard to go wrong with this salad! It is a firm family favourite and can easily be made vegan by omitting the fish oil and swapping out the prawns for roasted chickpeas. Enjoy!

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Vietnamese Inspired Prawn Salad

Fresh, crisp, flavourful salad, a perfect summer dish
Prep Time45 mins
Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: Asian

Equipment

  • Chopping board, frying pan

Ingredients

Salad Dressing

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small piece ginger
  • 1 bunch coriander (cilantro)
  • 1 whole Thai chili *optional
  • 1/3 cup lime juice
  • 1 tsp fish oil
  • 1 tsp soya sauce
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup water *may need less or more water to get desired consistency of dressing
  • pinch sea salt

Salad

  • 1 head sweetheart cabbage
  • 1/2 one cucumber
  • 12 head lettuce
  • 10 spears asparagus
  • 1/2 one red pepper
  • 2 whole carrots
  • 1 cup mangetout

Prawns

  • 12 whole tiger prawns
  • 1/2 2 cloves chopped garlic from salad dressing *chop ginger, garlic, corriander all at once then split between salad dressing and prawn marinade
  • 1/4 small piece chopped ginger from salad dressing
  • 1/4 small bunch chopped coriander from salad dressing
  • 1/2 whole chopped chili from salad dressing *or less if desired
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

Salad Dressing

  • Mince ginger, garlic and coriander together divide into two bowls, one for the dressing, one for the prawn marinade.
  • Whisk next 6 ingredients into a small bowl, then add ginger, garlic and coriander to the mix add a pinch of sea salt then set aside.

Salad

  • Chop and thinly slice the cabbage, lettuce, red pepper and mange tout.
  • Chop asparagus into 1/2 inch pieces
  • Grate the carrots
  • De-seed and chop the cucumber

Prawns

  • Take chopped ginger, garlic, coriander and mix together with finely chopped Thai chilli. Clean the prawns and cover with the marinade in a small bowl.
  • Heat a frying pan to medium high heat, add 1 tbsp coconut oil. Place the prawns in a single layer in the frying pan and cook until opaque approx. 2 minutes. Put check your prawns as cooking time depends on prawn size and frying pan temperature.

Putting it all Together

  • Toss the salad ingredients with the dressing. Add any finishing touches such as chopped coriander or more chili. Divide onto serving plates (2 or 3 depending on size) Place an even amount of prawns onto each salad. Enjoy!!!

Italian-Inspired Salad Dressing Recipe

Recipes, Salads & Dressings, Vegetarian

Italian Salad Dressing
Italian Salad Dressing

Like this homemade, Italian-inspired dressing recipe, I like to make all of my own salad dressings rather then buy them.

Homemade dressing contains only the fresh ingredients I decide to put in it, not all the preservatives and other undesirable ingredients that are often in commercially prepared dressings.  I can vary the taste to keep things interesting and it is more economical then store bought dressings—a win all around!!

I use this dressing when I am making a meal with more of an Italian inspired feel. This dressing is one of my favorites because it is so versatile You can serve it as a dip for bread or, as I like to do, you can use it to accompany broiled fish either as a marinade or as at topping after it is cooked, it is particularly tasty with white fish.

When using on fish I leave the cheese out of the recipe.

Delizioso!

Italian dressing

 

 

 

Italian Style Salad Dressing
Recipe Type: Salad
Author: Jennifer Nunez
Prep time:
Total time:
Serves: 4-5
Fresh flavor full Italian inspired dressing.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh Italian parsley, roughly chopped
  • 10 big leaves fresh basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan or for vegan option you can use nutritional yeast
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons honey
Instructions
  1. Combine all the above ingredients in a food processor. Put over salad, use as a dip for bread or use on fish, enjoy!!

 

Refreshing Lemon and Garlic Salad Dressing

Recipes, Salads & Dressings, Vegetarian

Refreshing-Lemon-and-Garlic-Salad-Dressing Lemon and Garlic

 

Refreshing Lemon and Garlic Salad Dressing
 
Author: Jennifer Nunez
Prep time:
Total time:
Serves: 2
This is an easy and tasty salad dressing that can accompany almost anything!
Ingredients
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 lemon
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
  1. Cut garlic cloves in to small pieces put in a bowl cover with juice of one lemon
  2. Let sit for 10 minutes to soften the garlic.
  3. Add olive oil and salt stir and then toss with salad.