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Ingredients
Arugula Salad with Tomatoes and Zucchini
- Ingredients
- 2 Tbsps Raspberry vinegar
- Iodized salt
- black peppers
- 1 tsp honey (optional)
- Dijon mustard
- 4 dried Tomatoes (in oil)
- 4 ozs Cherry tomatoes
- 2 small Zucchini (with blossoms)
- 3 ozs Arugula
For the vinaigrette: Whisk together the raspberry vinegar, honey and mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Drain the dried tomatoes, reserving 1 tablespoon oil, and stir the oil into the vinaigrette.
Cut the fresh and dried tomatoes into cubes. Trim the zucchini and cut into thin matchsticks. Carefully remove the stamen from the blossoms. Rinse the arugula and spin dry.
Toss the arugula, tomatoes, zucchini and zucchini blossoms with the vinaigrette. Serve immediately with hazelnut bread, if desired.
Prepared salad ingredients with vinaigrette, mix and serve immediately. Serve with hearty hazelnut bread.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 103 cal. | (5 %) | ||
| Protein | 7 g | (7 %) | ||
| Fat | 1 g | (1 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 13 g | (9 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
| Roughage | 5.6 g | (19 %) |
Healthy, because
This nutritious salad is a good source of beta-carotenes from the tomatoes, which help protect the body's cells against free radical damage.
Even smarter
If you don't have arugula, you can substitute chopped romaine or mache lettuce.