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Chef Cola’s healthy, quick-to-prepare salad

Chef Cola’s healthy, quick-to-prepare salad

One of her favourite recipes - and delicious to eat - is her healthy, quick-to-prepare salad.
“The rule when making salads is to work with the freshest ingredients as possible. The power ingredient that stands out in this salad is beetroot, as it adds a nice sweet balance to the dish. Beetroot is also rich in calcium, iron and vitamins A and C and an excellent source of folic acid, fibre, manganese and potassium, so it really is a wonderful ingredient to include in your diet.”
Course Salad, starter

Ingredients
  

  • ½ head of lettuce, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, grated
  • 3 large tomatoes, chopped
  • ¼ onions, thinly sliced
  • ½ cucumber, julienned
  • 1 cup of beetroot, thinly sliced
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp mixed herbs

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl add the lettuce, carrot, tomatoes, onion and cucumber and toss to mix together.
  • In a heated pan add a knob of butter and then gently fry the thinly sliced beetroot (about 10 mins), adding the salt and dried mixed herbs before setting aside to cool.
  • Once cooled, add to the salad bowl and mix all ingredients together.Serve with dressing of your choice or enjoy as is.

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Keywords African Vegan on a Budget, Chef Cola, easy salad, healthy salad recipe, Nicola Kagoro, quick salad, Vegan Chef Africa, vegan salad

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