Green garden salad recipe

Green garden salad

This green garden salad is an easy summer side dish – perfect to accompany barbecues and summer lunches eaten al fresco. Crisp raw veg and briefly blanched broad beans make this salad a cinch to pull together, with a delicious tangy elderflower dressing.

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  • Serves 6
  • 15 mins to prepare and 2 mins to cook
  • 103 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 150g broad beans, podded and shelled
  • 250g white cabbage, shredded
  • 1 celery stick, finely sliced
  • 3 spring onions, shredded
  • 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and thinly sliced
  • 150g pack mangetout, sliced

For the dressing

  • 2 tbsp elderflower, or elderflower and apple, cordial
  • 2 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil

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Each serving contains

Energy
0kJ 103.0kcal
5%
Fat
6g
medium8%
Saturates
1g
low4%
Salt
0.0g
low0%
Sugars
8g
medium9%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 9.9gProtein 3.0gFibre 3.7g

Method

  1. Blanch the broad beans for 1-2 mins in boiling water, then drain, run under cold water to cool, then drain again.
  2. Whisk the dressing ingredients in a large bowl. Add the cooled beans and the other ingredients; toss together.
  • Get ahead: Mix all the ingredients together except the broad beans, and chill for up to 24 hours. Stir in the beans when ready to serve.

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