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 Healthy Veggie Salad

Note: The amounts and ingredients listed for this Healthy Veggie Salad are just suggestions. Work with what’s in the fridge and needs to be eaten. It’s all good healthy food!

Ingredients

• 1/2 red onion
• 1 large ripe tomato
• 1 grapefruit or orange (or 1 of each)
• 1 cucumber (or half if that’s what’s there)
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• 3 spring/salad onions
• 3 leaves of napa cabbage or bok choi
• 4 red or white radishes (or slices of daikon/mooli)
• 4 leaves of any type lettuce
• handful black or green olives
• handful of toasted nuts or peanuts
• croutons or crisp-fried onions

Method

1. Have a large glass or ceramic bowl ready.
2. Wash, peel and trim all the fruits/vegetables as needed. Peel the grapefruit/orange and remove all the white pith. Cut out the segments between the membranes, or just slice across thinly.
3. The carrots can be shredded or sliced thinly. Slice the celery into sticks or across into crescents. The cabbage and lettuce can be rolled and cut across into thin strips. Cut the remaining vegetables into bite-sized pieces; the exact shape doesn’t matter.
4. The olives and nuts/peanuts can be sliced/crushed or just left whole.
5. Place all of the prepared ingredients in the salad bowl and mix. Cover and chill until serving time. Just before serving, give the salad a good stir and top with croutons and crisp-fried onions. There’s no need for additional dressing, as Grandma’s Healthy Veggie  Salad makes its own. A light sprinkle of salt and pepper is all that is needed, but that’s optional.
6. The Healthy Veggie Salad will keep, covered,  in the fridge for 3 days. The croutons and onions (if used) will get soggy however. Add fresh when serving.

Now you’ve learnt how to make a healthy vegetable salad. Wasn’t that easy?

For more recipes to eat healthy try: Carrot and Orange Salad, Guacamole or Confetti Salad. Serve with Chapattis or Fresh Dinner Rolls.

 Carrot and Orange Salad