Yummy food in Tummy: Vegetable crunchy salad with homemade Vinaigrette dressing

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Vegetable crunchy salad with homemade Vinaigrette dressing

Vegetable Crunchy Salad .........

This is a flavorful and crunchy vegetable salad tossed with peanuts and home made vinaigrette dressing.

Sour and sweet taste make this salad very delicious...

Vinaigrette dressing
Vinaigrette is the french word ..this dressing is made by mixing an oil and something acidic such as vinegar and lemon juice.
In this dressing we can use many types of vinegar like red white vinegar, white wine vinegar, Baslamic vinegar etc.

For dressing :- I am using red wine vinegar , extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice , salt and black pepper

For Salad.....lots of vegetables as red bell pepper, green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, tomatoes, green leaves,

For sweetness, I am using orange chunks....it help to enhance the flavor of salad.
Of course peanuts for crunchy texture....(You can add croutons for more crunch)

It is very healthy and filling salad.
Its really help in weight loss .

Try this colorful, healthy and delicious salad.....

(As per your choice and your taste , you can adjust the quantity of salad and dressing ingredients)

Ingredients

2-3 cup of salad green leaves
1 cup of cherry tomatoes (or any tomatoes)
1 cup of chopped green bell pepper

1 cup of chopped green bell pepper

1 cup of chopped Yellow bell pepper

1 cup of chopped Red bell pepper

2-3 Oranges

3/4 cup roasted peanuts

For dressing

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

salt to taste

1/2 tsp black pepper powder

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp sugar

Method

Dressing

Whisk the vinegar, sugar, salt ,oregano and pepper together in a small bowl. Whisking constantly, add the oil in a slow, steady stream and continue whisking until thickened.