Friday, January 8, 2010

Salad with Garlic & Yogurt Dressing


This super easy salad was absolutely delicious, full of fresh veggies, and only took 15 minutes to make! I didn't use all the ingredients, but it still was full of crunch and was very tangy. The recipe serves 4, with each serving being 82 calories. Really, does it get any better than that?

  • 2 3/4 oz or 75 g cucumber, cut into sticks
  • 6 scallions (green onion) cut into long pieces or chopped coarsely
  • 2 tomatoes, cut into 8 pieces
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 2 celery stalks, cut into strips
  • 4 radishes, quartered
  • 2 3/4 oz or 75 g corn salad (I substituted in a few handfuls of cooked frozen corn and a bunch of baby spinach instead of the suggested arugula)
  • 1 tbsp chopped mint, as garnish

Dressing
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice (or juice of 1 lemon)
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2/3 cup of plain yogurt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
Mix all the salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl. To make the dressing, combine all the dressing ingredients in a bowl and stir. Sprinkle salad with mint.

Tip: don't drizzle the dressing onto the salad until serving time as it will turn soggy otherwise.

Recipe from: Time to Cook: Healthy Recipes

18 comments:

Loopy said...

wait wait.. You said 82 calories??!?
Seriously?
Yeah, totally making this tonight!

monica w said...

omg im so trying this :)

MizzJ said...

@Loopy: that's what it said in the book! Kinda unbelievable eh?!

Mr. T said...

Looks tasty!

Hanako66 said...

wow that looks good!

ko0ty said...

Thanks for the recipe! I was actually looking for more homemade salad dressing recipes to try out.

I was watching the informerical for the new Magic Bullet product (damn forgot the name but it chops stuff up in seconds) and they were making this super quick and easy shredded salad. I want!!

tris1978ton said...

Yum! This looks super good, and healthy too!

Cafe Fashionista said...

Ummm...this may need to be my dinner tonight. Yum!! :)

LoveLipstickandLime said...

Oh my, this salad looks so good, yum! xxN

Fur Elisse said...

I like how this is such a colorful looking salad - its aesthetic appeal makes it more appetizing! Thanks for sharing this :)

Nishant said...

wow that looks good!

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The F Word Online said...

hey girl, thanks so much for the sweet comment. aritzia is def the love of my life too lol. so this salad ! mind you, i havent had dinner yet and it looks SO GOOD. omg.. thanks for sharing this. im definitely picking up ingredients tmrw

xx lue

Kristin said...

That dressing sounds killer!

Wanderlusting said...

YUM! Gonna have to make this one day when I feel like doing something nice for myself :)

The Haute-Shopper said...

Wow, this looks anad sounds fantastic. Must try it out next week, I'm running out of lunch ideas...

Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Savvy Gal said...

delicious looking and healthy too.

Amy said...

looks so yummy! :) should definitely make this salad as part of dinner when i get back in town!

sucks that you haven't been able to board this year! you still have some time though :) it's only going to get colder until mid-march!

Andrea said...

yummm!