- 1/2 lettuce head
- 2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1/2 large cucumber, cut into wedges
- 1/4 large green pepper, cut into strips
- 1/2 medium red onion, cut into thin wedges
- 75g macadamia nuts, cut in half (optional)
Salads are one of the easiest things to prepare. The key, however, is to have fresh ingredients. Remove that and you’ll be highly compromising the outcome. This here salad is one of my favourite. Pretty simple and tasty! It’s so easy to do you can quickly whip it up on a day when you’re feeling exhausted but still need to have a healthy side dish to your meal. Growing up, my mum always insisted that a meal is not complete without vegetables and I find it hard now to serve a main meal without vegetables. She was right!! A meal isn’t complete without your source of vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and other important nutrients.
Back to the salad…. The salad dressing I used in this recipe can be found HERE. You are free to use any type of lettuce here including butterhead types such as Boston or Buttercrunch. On the tomatoes, add sweet flavor by using vine ripened fresh tomatoes.
Resources/Equipment You Will Need
- Chopping board
- Sharp knife
- Large bowl
- Tongs
Quick Instructions
- Prepare all your ingredients. These are 1/2 green or purple lettuce head; 2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges; 1/2 large cucumber , which can be lemon cucumber if fancy, cut into wedges; 1/4 large green pepper (you may also substitute this with pimento peppers), cut into strips; 1/2 medium red onion, cut into thin wedges and 75g macadamia nuts, cut in half (optional)
- Break off the lettuce into rough bits and put in the bowl.
- Add the tomatoes wedges.
- Add the rest of the ingredients in no particular order. Give everything a quick toss using the tongs or your hands! Add the salad dressing just before serving. This is so that your salad (especially the lettuce leaves) do not become soggy. Adding the salad dressing just before serving also enhances the flavour of your salad). Learn how to prepare the salad dressing I used by clicking HERE.
- Give another quick toss and your salad is ready. Enjoy!
Pictorial Detailed Instructions
You can enjoy this nutritious salad on its own or serve it with your main meal. Be it roast potatoes, fries, rice, pasta, ribs…. anything really (well maybe save for sadza 😀 !!) Only add your dressing just before serving as you don’t want your salad to become soggy and this also enhances the flavour to ultimate enjoyment!
