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Crunchy spring salad

Fresh and crunchy, this colourful spring salad combines baby courgettes, radishes, cauliflower, beetroot and spring onions with chopped herbs in a good vinaigrette.

26,5744.5/5 for 37 ratings

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Last modified on: May 22^th 2016

For 4 people, you will need:

0 150 g courgette
1 150 g radishes
2 150 g cauliflower
3 1 spring onion (scallion)
4 150 g raw beetroot
5 parsley
6 chives
7 6 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 815 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
27 min.	27 min.

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Keeping:

A day in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Rinse and brush 150 g courgette. Use young "baby" courgettes if possible as they are beautifully crunchy.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Trim and rinse 150 g radishes.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Separate 150 g cauliflower into small florets and peel 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Peel the beetroot, dice small and put into a salad bowl.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Slice the courgettes thinly and add to the bowl.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Add the radishes, thinly sliced.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Finely chop the cauliflower and add this.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Chop the onion.

Note: for all this slicing and chopping, the mandolin "is your friend".

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Add the chopped chives and parsley.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Crunchy spring salad : Photo of step #10

Finish by adding 6 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.

Your salad is ready.

Remarks

It's entirely up to you what combination of vegetables to use: make the most of whatever you have available.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
884 Kcal or 3,701 Kj	30 gr	36 gr	69 gr
44 %	12 %	3 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
109 Kcal or 456 Kj	4 gr	4 gr	9 gr
5 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
221 Kcal or 925 Kj	8 gr	9 gr	17 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.65 €
Per person : 0.41 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Quick stuffed courgettes, Vegetable tartare, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, ... All
	Raw beetroot: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Red mixed pickle, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, ... All
	Radishes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Radish and mushroom salad, Rice and fresh spinach salad, Vegetable tartare, Rillettes stuffed mushrooms, Chicken and Avocado Salad, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Chorba, Cauliflower tabouleh, Cauliflower curry, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, ... All

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