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Ingredients
Zucchini Salad with Fried Cheese
- Ingredients
- 7 small unpeeled boiled potatoes (from the previous day, about 200 grams)
- 2 small Zucchini (300 grams)
- salt
- peppers
- 2 black olives (pitted)
- 5 ozs Halloumi cheese (refrigerated section)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 3 Tbsps White vinegar
- 4 Tbsps vegetable stock
- 4 slices Whole-grain baguette
Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes. Rinse zucchini, trim, cut in half lengthwise and cut crosswise into thin slices on a mandoline.
Mix zucchini and potatoes and season with a little salt and pepper. Place on 2 plates.
Finely chop the olives. Cut halloumi cheese in half diagonally and pat dry.
Coat the bottom of a pan with a thin film of oil and heat the pan. Fry cheese slices for 2 minutes. Sprinkle with thyme. Place fried cheese on the zucchini and potato mixture.
Add vinegar, broth and olive to the pan and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat, season to taste with salt and pepper and drizzle over the potato and zucchini mixture. Serve with baguette.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 373 cal. | (18 %) | ||
| Protein | 20 g | (20 %) | ||
| Fat | 19 g | (16 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 27 g | (18 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 5.5 g | (18 %) |
Healthy, because
The fixed salad with less than 400 calories has everything that a meal should contain in terms of main nutrients: protein, carbohydrates, fat and in addition fibre. Therefore it is also very satisfying - without being a burden. It also provides a quarter of the daily requirement of folic acid; this vitamin is indispensable for blood formation as well as development and growth processes in the body.
Even smarter
Raw courgettes have a slightly nutty flavour that goes well with olives and cheese. If you prefer them cooked, you can sauté the slices briefly in a pan after the cheese has been fried in it. Vegans can replace the cheese with tofu.