Seasonal salad with sesame seed dressing

Ingredients

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Units: Metric Imperial (US)

Measurements explained

• 4 cups shredded lettuce
  
• 4 cups shredded green cabbage
  
• 1 ½ cups broccoli florets, blanched and refreshed in cold water
  
• 1 cup cauliflower florets, blanched and refreshed in cold water
  
• 2 cups green beans, blanched and refreshed in cold water, sliced
  
• ¼ telegraph cucumber, sliced
  
• handful of watercress
  
• 2 tablespoons walnut pieces
  
• Dressing
  
• 2 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds
  
• 3 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise or light mayonnaise
  
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  
• 2 teaspoons reduced-salt soy sauce
  
• 1 teaspoon mirin
  
• 1 teaspoon no-added-salt, no-added-sugar peanut butter
  
• 1 teaspoon sugar
  
• pinch of dashi powder or salt

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Instructions

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1 Arrange salad ingredients on a large plate.

2 To make dressing, grind sesame seeds with a mortar and pestle or spice grinder. Transfer to a bowl and mix with rest of dressing ingredients. Serve dressing with salad.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check mayonnaise, soy sauce and dashi are gluten free.

Nutrition info (per serve)

Calories 199 cal

Kilojoules 830 kJ

Total fat 13 g

Saturated fat 1 g

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First published: Mar 2017

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