A vibrant, crunchy salad that's light enough to start a festive meal.

Fruit and Nut Salad with Chilli and Lime

Fruit and Nut Salad with Chilli and Lime

Serves: 4

Preparation: 10 mins

Vegan

Gluten-free

Wheat-free

Ingredients

For the dressing:

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

• ½ tsp soy sauce*

• 1 lime, juiced

For the salad:

• 100g of your favourite salad leaves (we like lamb's lettuce, rocket or chicory)

• 160g Cauldron marinated tofu pieces

• 1 apple, cored and diced

• 1 pear, cored and diced

• 1 carrot, cut into ribbons or fine strips

• ¼ red onion, sliced very thinly

• ½ cucumber, halved length ways, watery centre discarded, peeled into ribbons

• 50g mixed seeds (such as pumpkin or sunflower)

• 50g mixed nuts (such as cashews or peanuts), roughly chopped

To garnish:

• A few fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped

Method

- To make the salad dressing, combine all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk together using a fork. Whisk again just before serving.

- To serve, divide the leaves between four plates, top with the tofu and add the rest of the salad ingredients, finishing with the seeds and nuts.

- Just before serving, drizzle a little dressing over each salad and scatter with the coriander.

*Gluten-free soy sauce is available in most supermarkets.

Energy: 328 kcals Protein: 14g Carbohydrate: 15.2g Of which sugars: 12.2g Fat: 22g Of which saturates: 3.4g Fibre: 4g Salt: 0.8g

©The Vegetarian Society 2016

http://www.vegsoc.org/christmas


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