5-a-day Salad

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⏱ 15 mins 🍽 2 serving(s) 🏷 One Dish Meal

This nutritious one-dish meal combines fresh spinach or mixed greens with a colourful array of vegetables including tomatoes, cucumber, and bell pepper. It's finished with a creamy tahini and lemon dressing, a dollop of cottage cheese, a sprinkle of cheddar, and sunflower seeds for a satisfying and healthy lunch or light dinner that's ready in 15 minutes.

5-a-day Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 cups spinach or 2 cups mixed salad greens
  • 1/4 cup alfalfa sprout
  • 1/4 cup tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup cucumber
  • 1/4 cup onion
  • 1/4 cup mushroom
  • 1/4 cup bell pepper
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup nonfat cottage cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons tahini
  • salt
  • pepper

Method

  1. Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, salt, and pepper to make the dressing, then set it aside.
  2. Place the spinach or mixed salad greens into a serving bowl and layer the alfalfa sprouts, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, mushroom, and bell pepper on top.
  3. Add a spoonful of nonfat cottage cheese and a scattering of grated cheddar cheese over the vegetables.
  4. Sprinkle the sunflower seeds across the top of the salad.
  5. Drizzle the prepared dressing over the salad just before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium111500 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
AuthorQueen of Everything