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Mixed Chopped Salad A Vegan Taste of the Middle East
Serves 2

A taste of the Mediterranean!

• 100g/2oz tomato
• 100g/2oz green pepper
• 100g/2oz red pepper
• 100g/2oz cucumber
• 2 spring onions, trimmed and sliced
• small garlic clove, crushed
• ½ tsp dried parsley (or a handful of fresh if you can get it)
• ½ tsp dried mint (or a handful of fresh if you can get it)
• ½ tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp olive oil
• freshly ground black pepper
• lettuce leaves, shredded
• fresh coriander leaves, chopped

Vinaigrette Dressing

There will be some of this left over, but it keeps for ages in a screwtop jar in the fridge. It’s lovely with most salads – tomato salad, green salad, or dolloped in half an avocado!

• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup Balsamic vinegar (use red or white wine vinegar if you can’t get Balsamic, but use a bit less)`
• 1 tsp Dijon or ordinary French mustard
• 1 tsp rice syrup or ½ tsp brown sugar
• 1 clove garlic, sliced (don’t crush, makes it too bitter)
• 1 dsp nutritional yeast flakes or powder (optional) (you can buy these in the health store.)

1. Mix ingredients in a jar with lid on, making sure mustard and syrup/sugar are dissolved.
2. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper
3. Store in fridge and shake before use.
4. Pour enough dressing over salad so that when you toss it, most of ingredients are lightly coated.