Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Crunchy Refreshing Salad

This morning when I went to prep my salad stuff for the week, I found that I had a number of things that needed to be used up pronto. The result is this salad- light, crunchy, refreshing, and kind of...weird.  I've found that most raw vegetables taste pretty good with a light dressing of citrus juice, olive oil, and salt and pepper, and in this case, I also added mint and ginger to give the salad a little more pizzaz.

Erin's Weird Weekend Salad
1/2 an English cucumber, cut into small pieces
1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
stems from 1 bunch of chard, thinly sliced
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 apple, cut into tiny pieces
1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and minced
a handful of fresh mint, chopped
juice of two limes
olive oil
salt
pepper

Pour lime juice into a medium-sized bowl. Add salt and pepper and stir. Slowly pour in a stream of oil oil and mix with a fork or a whisk until you have a light dressing. Add all other ingredients to bowl and mix well.


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