RECIPE: Spring Salad with Lime Vinaigrette

Published on April 14, 2009   |  Print This Post

This is a great recipe for Passover, if it’s a tradition that you celebrate, or of course for any day if you just happen to love healthy, fantastic, easy-to-prepare food. With apples, olives, limes, onions, cucumbers and more, this salad recipe is certainly worth a try.

This little lovely serves eight, but you can always play around with the ingredient amounts to make more or less.

Salad

2 Green Apples (thinly sliced)

Juice of 2 Limes

Grated zest of one Lime

2 cans Artichoke Hearts (chopped and drained)
6 Spring Onions (finely sliced)

2 Large Cucumbers (peeled, seeded and thinly sliced)

2 stalks Celery (thinly sliced)

8 Pitted Green Olives (sliced)

Salt and freshly ground Pepper to taste

1 teaspoon Horseradish

2 tablespoons light Olive Oil

4 tablespoons chopped Coriander

2 Avocados (peeled and sliced)

1 Cup Seedless Green grapes

Lime Vinaigrette

2 tablespoons Water

¼ Cup Lime Juice

½ Cup Olive Oil

2 tablespoons White Wine Vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

1 Clove Garlic minced

1 tablespoon spring Onion

Method:

Combine all ingredients listed under lime vinaigrette in a jar.

Mix them well to be used a a dressing on salad

To make salad, coat sliced apples in a large bowl with lime juice

Add next 8 ingredients and coat them well with olive oil.

Cover and chill for one hour

To serve, coat avocado slices with the lime vinaigrette

Arrange over salad with the grapes and sprinkle with Coriander.

Christine Watson

Marquette Turner Luxury Homes