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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.

36K 37 4.5

Last modified on: May 22^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Crunchy vegetables Spring French dressing

For 4 people, you will need:

1 ²⁄₃ cup courgette
2 ²⁄₃ cup radishes
3 ²⁄₃ cup cauliflower
4 1 spring onion (scallion)
5 ²⁄₃ cup raw beetroot
6 parsley
7 chives
8 6 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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27 min.	27 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Rinse and brush ²⁄₃ cup courgette. Use young "baby" courgettes if possible as they are beautifully crunchy.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Trim and rinse ²⁄₃ cup radishes.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Separate ²⁄₃ cup 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.

Keeping

A day in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
874 Kcal or 3,659 Kj	31 gr	36 gr	69 gr
44 %	12 %	3 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
107 Kcal or 448 Kj	4 gr	4 gr	9 gr
5 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
219 Kcal or 917 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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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Small ratatouille with , Quick courgette soup with cheese, Minestrone, Vegetable tartare, Courgette tart with mint, ... All
	Raw beetroot: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Polish-style beetroot salad, ... All
	Radishes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spring radish and avocado salad, The total turnip, Crunchy salad, Salade Niçoise, Rice and fresh spinach salad, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roasted cauliflower, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Cauliflower and avocado rémoulade, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, ... All

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