Mixed Veggie Salad

A salad with various vegetables and a tasty dressing is the next recipe on our blog. This veggie salad needs some chopping to do and when mixed with a dressing, it makes a tasty salad. You can have this salad at the beginning of your lunch or dinner or you can have it for your snack too. Just some preparation to do and you have a yum salad to relish!

What is good in this salad?

• This salad consists of a variety of vegetables and they are packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. These nutrients are important and beneficial to our health.
• As it is rich in fiber, it helps you in keeping full for a long time and it can also help in losing weight.
• This salad takes only 15 minutes of your time to prepare. Isn’t that quick?
• The vegetables used for this salad are easily available and you can play around with this salad by mixing and matching other vegetables.
• This salad is a colorful one and it is appealing to the eyes.
• The extra virgin oil used in the dressing is beneficial to us. It is packed with healthy fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamin E and K.

Who can have this salad?

People are looking to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight can make this salad a part of their lives. Those with high BP, cholesterol issues can also have this salad. People who are diabetic can consume this salad too but they have to skip adding honey in the dressing. You can begin your lunch or dinner with this veggie salad or make it a part of your evening snack.

Recipe:

Preparation time — 15 min

Serves — 2 to 3

Ingredients —

Beetroot (chopped) — 1/4 cup

Tomato (chopped) — 1/4 cup

Shredded cabbage — 1/4 cup

Cucumber (chopped) — 1/4 cup

Spinach (chopped) — 1/2 cup

Grated carrots — 1/4 cup

Yellow capsicum — 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves — 2 tbsp

Sesame seeds — 1 tbsp

For dressing -

Lemon juice — 1 tsp

Honey — 1 tsp

Ginger (grated) — 1 tsp

Extra virgin olive oil — 1 tbsp

Pepper to taste

Salt to taste

Preparation —

• Take a small bowl and add all the ingredients for dressing. Mix well and keep it aside. Check the flavor before mixing with the salad.
• In a bowl, toss all the veggies and mix it together. Add the dressing and mix.
• Serve after garnishing with sesame seeds and coriander leaves.