Mixed salad
Mixed salad is one of those simple but delicious summer recipes which go so well with a barbeque. It's a mix of several fresh vegetables, herbs and French dressing (vinaigrette).
247,3854.2/5 for 37 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 4 people, you will need:
1 cucumber
1 lettuce
1 
½ 
½ 
1 spring onion (scallion)
100 ml 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 1 hour | 1 hour |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Peel 1 cucumber, dice small, put in a strainer over a bowl and sprinkle with.
We do that to remove the excess water from the cucumber.
We do that to remove the excess water from the cucumber.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Wash and drain 1 lettuce.
Take a handful of leaves, roll and slice thinly. Do this with the whole lettuce to produce fine ribbons.
Take a handful of leaves, roll and slice thinly. Do this with the whole lettuce to produce fine ribbons.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Peel 1 avocado, cut each half in small dice.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Put diced avocado on mushrooms, add ½ lime juice and mix well.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Chopp finely 1 spring onion (scallion) and 1 bunch chives.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Put everything in a salad bowl: lettuce, chives, onion, mushrooms, avocado, cucumber and tomatoes.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Add French dressing to taste, mix well.
It's ready.
It's ready.
Remarks
Mixed salad can be varied infinite ways: you can add, remove, or change anything you like. Follow your imagination, or what you have in the fridge. The basic principle is this: mix fresh ingredients cut small with herbs and French dressing.
From there on, anything goes. Some suggestions: small cubes of cheese (feta, gruyère, cheddar), bacon or ham, cooked potatoes, etc.
Same thing for French dressing, you can use the classic one, or change the oil (sesame, walnut, ...), vinegar (balsamic, cider, maple, lime juice...), or add other tasty things: teaspoon of soya sauce, dash of Tabasco,... Even all of these!
From there on, anything goes. Some suggestions: small cubes of cheese (feta, gruyère, cheddar), bacon or ham, cooked potatoes, etc.
Same thing for French dressing, you can use the classic one, or change the oil (sesame, walnut, ...), vinegar (balsamic, cider, maple, lime juice...), or add other tasty things: teaspoon of soya sauce, dash of Tabasco,... Even all of these!
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 924 Kcal or 3,869 Kj | 16 gr | 53 gr | 72 gr |
| 46 % | 6 % | 5 % | 11 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 61 Kcal or 255 Kj | 1 gr | 4 gr | 5 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 231 Kcal or 967 Kj | 4 gr | 13 gr | 18 gr |
| 12 % | 2 % | 1 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 6.25 €
- Per person : 1.56 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet "à la normande", Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Shiitake eggs, Roast in the bag pork with fondant vegetables., Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Avocado, artichoke and chicken salad, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Comtoise endive salad, Cubed salad, Lentil and cold-meat salad, ... All |
 | Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes, Beans with tomatoes, Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Eggs in tomato shells, ... All |
 | Chives: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gribouille dressing, Four-tier glasses, Eggs in brioche nests, Rémoulette dressing, Eggs meurette, ... All |
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