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Vegetable Salad with Lemony Balsamic Vinaigrette

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I was totally a vegetarian before leaving India, with some eggs occasionally to get the proteins. Here in US eating out has became a herculean task for me. I can get a vegetable burger at Burger king, where at other restaurants I have to ask them to take meat from the dish. One long drive, not so long ago, my husband and I were really hungry and thought we could keep driving until we got to a place we could get some decent food. But we were getting too hungry for that and stopped at the first exit and found a Whataburger. As usual my hubby started ordering for me and him; he knows what I will eat. I told the person who took our orders to remove the meat and add some lettuce and tomato, ketchup. But I got the order with only mayonnaise, no lettuce, tomato, ketchup or anything. As we had ordered a take out, I had no other choice; eat or stay hungry till next stop. Finally I ate half of it, blaming the waiter for having messed my food.
However, in some restaurants I get nice vegetable salad with some dressing. I like salad sometimes not always; I need variety of vegetable to feel the salad, not just the lettuce. If I have to eat lettuce alone, it will be like cow eating grass. 
After developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy, I started eating salads more often; and I do try to incorporate lots of vegetables. It helps my hubby with his diabetes control too. Yesterday I made a simple vegetable salad with homemade vinaigrette. It was my experiment; yes it came out good and tasty. If you like tangy, sweet vinaigrette go for it. 

What you need

For vegetable salad

Lettuce: 6 leaves
Capsicum: 1 no
Carrots: 2 no
Avocado: 1 no
Tomato: 1 no
Apple: 1 no
Grapes: 10 no

For Lemony balsamic vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinegar: ½ tablespoon
Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon
Coarse ground pepper: ¼ teaspoon
Honey: ¼ teaspoon
Olive oil: 2 tablespoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon

How I made

Wash and chopped all the vegetables into bite size and keep it aside. If you are using a salad spinner, feel free to use it now.

In a blender/ food processor mix all the ingredients for vinaigrette except olive oil using one or two pulse. To this add olive oil while mixing gradually.

Enjoy with salad you made.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: I will

Swathi

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  1. Vincenzo says

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  2. PJ says

    I can totally understand your situation Swathi.Here in China I face the same situation almost every time I want to eat out / travel.I am sure the dressing adds more flavor to the salad..Looks great!!!

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  3. Subhashini says

    very healthy

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  4. ARUNA says

    colorful salad, nice arrangement!

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  5. Jagruti says

    Delicious and healthy salad...luks great and colorful..

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  6. Swathi says

    Food lover, Rachana, Priya, Vrinda, Sushama, Tina, Nithu, Vinola, shahana and siddhi, thank you guys

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  7. Siddhi S says

    wow swati gr8 salad recipe, loved its dressing with vinegar...luks tempting

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  8. shahana says

    veheatable salad looks healthy aswell as colourful

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  9. Akal's Saappadu says

    but what kind of restaurant is that? very weird!!!

    your salad looks healthy, colourful and appetizing ( much delicious than the one they served you right?, I must rather say it's even comparable !!!) lovely and the vinaigrette sounds good too!!! have a nice week end!!!

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  10. Nithu Bala says

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  11. Nithu Bala says

    Delicious and healthy..

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  12. Tina says

    Delicious and yummy salad....

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  13. Sushma Mallya says

    Simple,healthy and lovely looking colourful salad..

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  14. Vrinda says

    Simple yet tasty one...

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  15. Priya says

    Delicious and colourful salad..yumm!!

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  16. Rachana Kothari says

    A very yummy and healthy Salad!

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  17. FoodLovers says

    great salad

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