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Leaf Salad
Salads

Leaf Salad

Green leaves topped with beets, red onion or fruit, crumbled cheese and toasted nuts, and a vinaigrette just before serving.

⏱ 3 min🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice and salt until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Arrange the leaves on a serving plate.
  2. 3
    Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately.
    💡The dressing goes on only just before serving: dressed green leaves wilt within minutes.
92calories
0 gprotein
0 gcarbs
10 gfat
● protein 1%● carbs 2%● fat 97%

Per serving (23 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (1)

  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Beets · Red onion · Green leaves · Endive · Orange · Strawberries · Red cabbage · Tomatoes · Cucumber · Red pepper · Olives · Avocado · Green onion · Parsley · Cheese · Croutons · Homemade croutons · Oil for the croutons · Nuts · Pomegranate · Grapes · Seeds · Lemon wedges for serving · Whole cheese in the center · basil · Mint · Balsamic vinegar instead of dressing · Leaves torn by hand (into pieces) · Whole seared fish on a bed of salad (the fish pieces) · Dill for garnish · Apples · Fennel · Figs · Watermelon · Prosciutto · carrot · Another kind of olives · Lemon juice instead of dressing · Cooked chickpeas · Yellow pepper · Cilantro for garnish · Sliced grilled chicken breast · Cooked shrimp · Cooked calamari · Seared peaches · Butter for searing the fruit · Honey for searing the fruit · Sprouts · Radishes · Beets soak up the dressing while warm (minutes) (20) · Seared halloumi · Torn lettuce with the leaves · Mango · Honey-candied nuts · Blueberries · Crispy fried onion · Oil for frying the onion · Bread toasted on a grill pan for serving · Pears · Candied nuts on top (the candied nuts)
  • Cutting the beets: cut into cubes
  • Beet baking temperature: 180–200
  • Beet baking time: about an hour
  • Crouton baking temperature: 180
  • Crouton baking time (minutes): 10
  • Cutting the chicken: into thin slices
  • Shrimp cooking time: about 2 minutes
  • Calamari cooking time: about 1 minute
  • Searing the wedges per side (minutes): 2
  • Searing the halloumi, per side (minutes): 2–3
  • Cutting the mango: into thick strips
  • Nut toasting time: 3–4 minutes

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