STRAWBERRY SALAD
Strawberry salad is a mix of summer flavors in a bowl. It can be a unique and delicious side dish or a fantastic guilt free dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 pound strawberries
- 1 cucumber large
- 1 lemon large for juice and zest
- 3 tablespoons honey for salad and topping
- fresh mint leaves 5 or 6 leaves
- fresh basil leaves 3 or 4 large leaves
- 1/4 cup yogurt plain or vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Prepare Ingredients for Salad
- Hull and then chop the strawberries
- Remove the seeds from the cucumber and chop into bite sized pieces.
- Juice and zest the lemon. See post for more information.
- Chop the fresh basil and/or mint leaves finely.
Mix and Rest the Salad
- Mix together the strawberries, cucumbers, the juice of the whole lemon, 2 tablespoons of honey ((1/8 cup), half the lemon zest and basil and/or mint.
- Let rest for at least 1/2 hour. The longer it sits (macerates) the more rendered juices there will be as a dressing. If you are using for a dessert and want a lot of syrup leave longer. You can let rest overnight if you want.
For the Yogurt topping
- Mix together the yogurt, honey, vanilla and lemon zest or 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
- Spoon topping over strawberry salad for a vitamin packed delicious low calorie dessert
Notes
Nutritional values include the dessert topping. We used low-fat regular yogurt for the nutritional information.
For our post pictures we show how much syrup is macerated as the salad rests. The feature picture has rested for about a half hour. The picture at the end in the stem glass has rested overnight. As you can see, that dessert has lots of syrup. YUM
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 15mgPotassium: 357mgFiber: 4gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 81IUVitamin C: 84mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 1mg
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