Monday, September 7, 2009

" AVOCADO AND LETTUCE SALAD WITH MUSTARD SEED DRESSING "

:} Since i started to be health concious and try to lose some weights, i tried to discover new kinds of salad with light dressing. Sometimes salad with pasta, next time im going to post some italian salads which i find it healthy and very delicious. Here's a sample of one of the salads i discovered.Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 head lettuce, 2 avocado ( peeled, sliced and sprinkled with juice of 1/2 lemon), 1 small cucumber ( peeled and sliced thinly ) 6 green onions ( trimmed )

Mustard seed dressing:
3 tbsp. plain yogurt, 1 tbsp. vegetable oil, 2 tsp. mustard seeds, 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger.

How to :
Wash and dry lettuce, refrigerate for 30 minutes till crisp then tear into bite sized pieces. Place in a salad bowl top with avocado slices. Add cucumber and garnish with green onions.

Dressing:
combine all ingredients, mix till smooth, pour over salad and toss.

miele28


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