Salads

A real green salad

Nici Wickes' real green salad recipe is a favourite to enjoy at home or to take as a plate when invited to a BBQ. It’s easy to prepare and you’ll usually have the ingredients on hand. If not, use any greens you do have
A real green salad
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This recipe first appeared in New Zealand Woman’s Weekly.

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Ingredients

Green dressing

Method

1.Quickly blanch the asparagus, beans and broccoli in boiling salted water. Drain and cool. Combine with the remaining salad ingredients.
2.Make the dressing by combining all the ingredients, except the mayonnaise, in a food processor and blitzing until well blended.
3.Toss the greens with 2 tbsp dressing. Whisk the mayonnaise into the remaining dressing. Spoon this onto a large plate and spread evenly. Pile the greens on top and garnish with the flower petals.
  • Not all these ingredients will be in season, so use your imagination. Young silverbeet, rocket, young beetroot leaves, slices of pears or green apples will work, or you can cheat a little on the green theme by adding segments of orange to give it a lovely tang.
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