Using broccoli, green beans, baby cucumbers, avocado and baby spinach, this green salad is full of good things. Topped with an Asian salad dressing, seeds and sprouts, this is the perfect lunch option in summer.
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Green salad
Every couple of months I meet a friend for lunch. For years we would have the same meal. The choice was between a few open sandwiches, with the tuna niçoise topping the list. In the past few months I have been trying to lose weight. My post menopausal weight gain has been slow, but steady, and before I knew it there was just one kilogram too many sitting around my belly. At our regular lunch date I swayed away from the bread and ordered a salad. It has to be one of the best salads I have had, and I decided to make this at home for a meal for Dave and I. This is no ordinary green salad and you can change up the vegetables to suit what is in season. And, to make it creamier, you could add a dollop of mayonnaise.
Green feelings
I see posts on Facebook made by my friends that do not mention anyone by name. But they are about a feeling towards someone. Never for one moment have I thought any of them were directed at me. So, imagine my surprise when a totally generic post I made was taken by a person to be directed at them. They felt I was pointing out their behaviour. What is so odd about this, is that the only way they could believe the post was about them was if they felt guilty for something they had done. This one singular belief has led to so many other false beliefs. And frankly I have been left feeling quite green about it all. However, as time has gone by we have reached the point of no return. It is sad to say the least, but what is done is done.
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Green Salad
Ingredients
- 20 g baby spinach leaves, washed and dried
- 50 g green beans, lightly blanched, refreshed and cut into bit size chunks
- 30 g raw broccoli, thinly shaved
- 2 baby cucumbers, sliced thinly, lengthwise
- 20 g sprouts
- 10 g sunflower seeds, lightly toasted
- black sesame seeds for sprinkling
- 1 avocado, cut in half, pip discarded and flesh scooped out of the skin
- 30 mls Asian salad dressing
Method
- Dividing all of the ingredients in half, start by placing the spinach in the bottom of two bowls
- Add the beans, broccoli and cucumber then sprinkle the sprouts, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds on top
- Place the avocado on top of the greens and pour the salad dressing into the hole left by the pit
- Serve and enjoy
See the links below for blog posts I published on November 11:
- 2020: Spek And Bone
- 2019: Pistachio Halva
- 2018: A Question Of Trust
- 2016: Beetroot Gel
- 2015: Justin Bonello Answers Questions For The Blog
- 2013: Pizza Sauce
- 2012: Massimo Bottura Answers Questions For The Blog
- 2011: Presto Pasta Nights 239 Round Up
- 2010: Chicken Casserole
You have managed a rather interestingly different ‘green salad’ to the one we usually talk about . . . I have never thought about putting beans in mine nor broccoli really . . . but this really does make a very tasty and healthy dish ! I love the look of the black sesame seeds
This is my all time favourite salad 🙂
that is sad about your friend. We have had friends who just dropped us after 30+ years of friendship – for no discernable reason… so sad. Love your green salad!
sherry
So sad that someone would do that to you 🙁
That looks delightful! I used to be quite crazy for avocados..
I could eat one every day!
Well, some people are weird. Great salad! Love all of the seeds!
some people are very weird!
I really like the Asian dressing here – it adds such a bright, fresh flavour and ties all the greens together beautifully.
Thank you!
Delicious
Thanks Sheree 🙂
Three cheers for all the green things! This is my kind of salad; I could easily eat this everyday and be pleased as punch.
me too!
Oh lovely! I can eat this salad every day!
me too Balvinder 🙂
I love a nice Asian dressing it is a bit sweet and super delicious! Here in the US they are big fans of the green goddess dressing. Enjoy your weekend Tandy, ~Nessa
I prefer non creamy dressings, unless I have made it myself 😉
I’m in my menopausal era too – and this salad sounds amazing! Besides I love green on my plate!
I hope you come out the other side unscathed 🙂
Hi Tandy, this is a very nice sounding recipe. I’ll try it if we ever get hot weather again 😂. Sorry about your FB experienced. I lost it over a ‘friend’ who made repeatedly undermining comments on my FB posts. I blocked her everywhere and have not missed her.
Good for you to block someone like that!
Your green salad looks delicious Tandy, no seeds for me though, too risky. Although they look really good. If you are getting bad vibes on facebook from particular people, me thinks it’s time to remove them as friends. Life is too short to put up with that.
Luckily for me, they removed themselves 🙂