Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo


Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo


Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo


Don’t want to cook? Too overheated and dizzy from the summer heat? Don't want hot food? Well here you go, a colourful springy and summery side dish (which of course can be devoured as a lunch or main for 2 or 1).

This summer I’m gonna focus a lot on healthy, easy and very colourful salads. What I usually do is use 1 or 2 typical main salad ingredients, here fx the rocket and bell pepper, but I always add one fruity ingredient and one kind of nut or seed an dries fruit, and a special dressing that pairs well with it ! So if you’re just a bit like me and just loathe the summer heat and need something cooling and fresh, this is it !


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Serves 4 as side dish


Ingredients


  • 100g macadamia nuts (3.5 oz)
  • 60g physalis / pineapple ground cherry / Inca berry (2.1 oz)
  • 50g ruccola / rocket / arugula (1.8 oz)
  • 1 ripe pear
  • ½ pomegranate
  • ½ yellow bell pepper
  • 1/4 red onion
  • 1 small handful yellow / golden raisins

Dressing


  • 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 4 tablespoons fruity extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 2 tablespoons agave syrup
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Black pepper to taste

What you will need


  • 1 serving dish (I used a pie dish)
  • Cutting board and knife
  • 1 small bowl
  • Measuring spoons

Instructions


  1. Wash all the fresh salad ingredients and let dry.
  2. Mix the dressing in a small bowl.
  3. Lay a bed of ruccola as a start. Chop the ends off the pear and quarter it. Chop the hard interior out and cut into wedges. Arrange on top of the green.
  4. Deseed and chop the yellow bell pepper into desired sized chunks. Peel and finely chop the red onion. Half the physalis. Arrange on the dish.
  5. Chop the ends off the pomegranate and pick out the edible red parts. Sprinkle over the salad along with the raisins and macadamia nuts.
  6. Drizzle on top about half of the tahini lemon dressing. Leave the rest on the side. Some like more dressing, some like it with less. Serve straight away.

Enjoy !


 Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo


 Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo


 Rainbow salad no. 2 - The Vegan Eskimo