This is an the best way to eat an all-green mixed leaf salad. It’s a great way to have a healthy lunch or dinner, and can be adapted to include any proteins or carbs that you desire. It’s super simple to make, yet utterly delicious.
The Simple Ingredients:
For me, the essentials for this salad are lemon, mint, chives and parsley. This is what truly brings out the flavour and makes it delicious. I also add lettuce and spinach, but kale and chard will also work really well if you want to include it. Salt and olive oil is also optional, but I prefer it – can’t get through a salad without at least a little bit of seasoning.
If you have any, walnuts go beautifully with this salad. Dice it into small bits and mix it in – delicious AND you’ll get your protein in!
The Key Techniques:
1. Slice thinly.
It may just be me, but salad seems to taste so much better when the leaves are sliced thinly – no? Just me? Fine slices work so much better, especially when trying to capture the taste of the seasonings in each spoonful.
2. Make as much as you need.
We’re using A LOT of fresh ingredients here so it’s best to only make as much as you need, rather than have some leftovers and eat the rest of the salad later. The ingredients will likely wither away quickly, especially due to the salt. If you want to eat again then make some more later on! The recipe is an easy one so it won’t be a problem at all.
Ultimate Green Leaf Salad
Ingredients
- 35 g parsley flat leaf
- 8 g dill
- 4 g mint
- 15 g chives
- 160 g lettuce
- 135 g spinach
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 10 walnuts
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Chop up all fresh vegetables and herbs. Juice the lemon.
- Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir until seasonings are mixed evenly. Enjoy!