Salad Grande is my very own salad which was a big hit on one of my dinner parties. It goes great as side salad with grilled meat and meatloaf and people go crazy over this. It is like spring in a bowl ❤

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 3 cups 4 leaf lettuce mix (coral, cos, endives, baby spinach)
• ½ cherry tomato halves
• 1 medium red onions (sliced into rings)
• ½ cup pitted and halved Kalamata olives
• 1 continental cucumber sliced into semi circles
• 1 avocado (diced)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tbspn pine nuts (fresh)
• 2 tbspns freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 spring onion (only green part, sliced diagonally)

FOR DRESSING

• 4 tbspns lemon juice
• Some freshly cracked black pepper
• Some sea salt
• 1 thai red chilli (finely chopped)
• 1 big clove of garlic (minced)
• A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tspn apple cider vinegar (Optional)

Method:

1. Wash, pat dry and cut all the vegetables as per instructions and place them in a mixing salad bowl.
2. In a separate bowl mix all the ingredients for dressing and whisk. Drizzle this dressing over the salad. Mix and toss.
3. Take out the salad onto the serving dish and garnish with some walnuts, pine nuts and freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Serve.