WINTER CARNIVAL MIXED SALAD, cheerful & sunny, healthy, can be prepped in advance

A beautiful satisfying late winter salad... 

Carnival Salad with spinach, peas & corn

Here's a salad to lighten the mood as spring creeps ever closer, with substantial ingredients to satisfy the winter palate. 

Fresh spinach replaces lettuce and adds heft, as does peas and corn but tomatoes, cucumber and radish remind us of pleasures to come. Slices of buttery avocado add richness (but can be replaced with butternut squash) and toasted walnuts add crunch.

The salad can be served as a light meal rather than a side with a baked sweet potato or crusty wholemeal bread.  Wheat-free Oatmeal Molasses Bread would be perfect.

Add additional garnishes of orange segments (see Sunshine Salad). or cooked cauliflower florets.

Cost: £1.50
Feeds: 4

Ingred:
     generous 4oz/120gm washed spinach 
     1/3 cup cooked peas (frozen are fine)
     1/3 cup corn niblets (tinned or frozen are ok)
      1/3 cup beetroot, thinly sliced (opt)
     2-3 tomatoes in medium dice, sprayed with olive oil & lightly salted
     1/2 cup cucumber in med dice  
      scant 1/4 cup thinly sliced radish
     1/3 cup roughly chopped walnuts, pre-toasted in a frying pan or mod oven 4-5 mins

     Balsamic Vinaigrette, either simple or creamy, depending on taste

Method:

1. Layer ingredients attractively in a salad bowl or platter
2. Just before serving, pour over dressing   

Tips:

• Prepare ingred no more than a few hours in advance, store in separate  containers and assemble just before serving
• For instructions on preparing orange segments, go to Sunshine Salad

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This recipe has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.