Green salad

By Mrunal | Updated: 06/02/2019

Presenting a classic tomato, lettuce and cucumber (TLC) salad, a Mediterranean salad dish which does not take more than 5 minutes to prepare. This salad can be eaten as a mid-morning or an evening snack too. All the weight watchers-this salad is the right pick for you. Even you can involve your kids to make this salad since it’s not cumbersome at all.

Serves	Preparation Time	Cooking Time
2 People	5 Minutes	5-7 Minutes

Ingredients

1 handful green lettuce leaves
1 cucumber
5 cherry tomatoes
5-6 olives
100g of feta cheese(optional)
Spring onion cut into rings(optional)

Dressing ingredients

2-3 tbsp(tablespoons) White Balsamic vinegar
¼ tsp(teaspoon) brown sugar
2 tsp Olive oil

Method

Step 1

Rinse & spin dry the lettuce leaves.

Step 2

Blend dressing ingredients together.

Step 3

Spoon half the dressing in a bowl.

Step 4

Then place handfuls of lettuce leaves that sit on top of dressing.

Step 5

Cut the tomatoes into quarters and slice the cucumber.

Step 6

Place on the lettuce leaves.

Step 7

Cut olives and add to the mixture.

Step 8

Crumble feta over the top with sliced spring onion if you wish.

Step 9

Drizzle rest of the dressing lightly over the top of the salad.

Step 10

Season with salt and pepper.

Step 11

Enjoy!

Nutritional Information

Serving Size 1 Serving (100 g)

Calories	101	Calories from Fat	63
Total Fat	6 g 9%	Cholesterol	6 mg 2%
Sodium	514 mg 21%	Carbohydrates	5 g 2%
Dietary Fiber	1 g 4%	Protein	2 g
Vitamin	A 11%	Vitamin C	15%
Calcium 6%	Iron 0%

*Based on a 2000 calorie diet

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