This salad is jam-packed with fresh ingredients well known for their special ‘beautifying’ properties. This flavoursome combination will leave your skin glowing and eyes shining! Avocado, sweet potato, leafy greens, blueberries, almonds, lemon and more. Feel free to mix through some cooked quinoa also if you wish to make it more of a main course.
Summer time means naturally gravitating towards fresher, lighter, healthier cuisine. In the heat, you may not crave the comfort food and heavy food that winter months bring, so flavoursome salads are the perfect way to bring in the new year and a great step into a healthy and vibrant year ahead.
Salads needn’t be boring and dull. Mix things up- find new ingredients at your local farmers markets, add nuts, seeds, legumes, pulses or wholegrains. Make salad a meal in itself that leaves you feeling nourished and sustained. If youre looking to incorporate more fresh, plant-based food into your diet this year, this recipe below will show you that eating well needn’t ever be a chore.
Simple Summer Beauty Salad
Salad-
½ piece of fennel finely sliced
1/8 of a purple cabbage finely chopped
¼ cup of blueberries, washed
½ a ripe avocado
5-6 stems of kale, leaves only, chopped well
1 small- medium size sweet potato
¼ cup of almonds roughly chopped
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon lemon
Dressing-
1 tablespoon of hemp seed oil (or flax seed oil)
1 teaspoon of good quality balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1 drop of lemon myrtle essential oil, edible.
Firstly, start by chopping the sweet potato into small cubes and steaming until soft. Set aside.
In a large bowl, place the finely sliced fennel, cabbage, and kale. Add a pinch of salt and teaspoon of lemon juice and mix well with your hands, squeezing gently to wilt the kale slightly and soften the cabbage and fennel.
Add the blueberries and almonds and mix well.
Lastly add the sweet potato and mix gently.
For the dressing, add all of the ingredients to a small bowl or cup and whisk to combine.
Pour the dressing over the salad and mix well.
Spoon the salad onto two plates and top with the sliced avocado.
Enjoy!
