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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.

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Last modified on: May 22^th 2016

For 4 people, you will need:

1 150 g courgette
2 150 g radishes
3 150 g cauliflower
4 1 spring onion (scallion)
5 150 g raw beetroot
6 parsley
7 chives
8 6 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 815 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Start to finish
27 min.	27 min.

Keeping:

A day in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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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

% 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 : 7.74 €
Per person : 1.94 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower tabouleh, Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Crunchy Cauliflower Salad with Lemon, Country vegetable soup, Du Barry soup, ... All

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