A must make apple salad with alfalfa sprout and mizuna
This apple salad recipe is simple but highly packed with delicious crunchy, soft textures and flavors. It's a perfect apple salad to serve for your holiday dinner or a healthy lunch when you want to treat yourself.
Servings: 3 people
Calories:
Cost: 20$
Equipment
- Chef knife
- Big salad spoons
- A large serving platter/bowl
Ingredients
- 1 small head of roamine salad
- 1 cup diced radishes (diced)
- 300 gm 2 cups well ripe cherry tomatoes
- a handful roasted walnut
- 300gm 2 cups smoked firm tofu (choose your flavor)
- 1 yellow/red bell pepper (diced)
- some mizuna leaves (cut off the stems)
- some alfalfa sprout (store-bought)
- 3 different types of apples
- ½ a lemon
Salad dressing
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 4 tablespoons cold-pressed olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- pinch of cinnamong powder
Instructions
Salad dressing
- Mix all ingredients in a small jar, close it tightly and shake it vigorously to mix.
Assemble the apple salad
- Clean all the veggies and fruits
- Chop off the base of romaine salad. Chop the leaves into bite sizes
- If your cherry tomatoes are small size, no need of cutting them
- Cut the smoked tofu into small bite sizes
- Chop the apples and sprinkle with some lemon
- Place the romaine and mizuna in a large serving bowl or platter and add some balsamic dressing, toss the leaves with the serving spoons
- Now put the apples, cherry tomatoes, smoked tofu, walnuts, radishes, bell peppers, and alfalfa in the salad bowl
- Add more balsamic dressing and toss gently without over mixing making sure all the ingredients are getting the dressing
- Top the romaine salad on the platter with the mix in the salad bowl
- Best served immediately.
Notes
- Roast the walnuts a day before so they can cool up, this will also save you time during preparation
- You can germinate alfalfa seeds to have your own alfalfa sprouts.