Garden Salad

I normally don't like adding a lot of the readily available dressing to my salads. I feel salad dressings mask the goodness of fresh vegetables and most of them are not very healthy. So as far as possible I try avoiding them.

So here is a recipe of a great tossed salad that brings out the crispiness of these fresh garden vegetables.

Garden Salad

The reason I call this salad as Garden Salad is because it contains all the fresh green vegetables and is so colorful that reminds of being in a garden.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 5 minutes

Serves : 4

Ingredients:

10 broccoli florets steamed lightly

1/2 cup of peas boiled

1 cup of baby spinach

1 cucumber cut into cubes

1/2 cup of ice-berg lettuce

1/4 th cup of boiled corn

1 small onion cut into cubes

1 small tomato seeds removed and cut into cubes

For the dressing:

salt to taste

pepper to taste

1 tsp of honey

1 tsp of lime juice

Method:

Take a glass bowl and first place the lettuce in it. Then add the rest of the ingredients except the dressing and mix well. In a small cup, add all the ingredients for the dressing and give it a good mix.

Pour this dressing over the salad. Garden salad is now ready to serve.

Tip: Always pour the dressing on the salad just before serving it, else the salad becomes soggy.