Grated superfood salad with honeyed pumpkin seeds
September 20, 2011 in Healthy eating
This is an extremely fresh and tasty raw food salad. You don’t need to cook the carrots or beetroot! By grating them, they retain all their amazing nutritional benefits and brings out all their lovely nutty, sweet flavours. The sweet pumpkin seed crunch adds a lovely texture and the herby yoghurt cools this dish and brings us right into the heart of spring.
Let’s eat tasty, healthy food!
Ingredients
2 beetroots
2 carrots
2 apples
200ml Greek yoghurt
2 sprigs dill, chopped
2 sprigs of mint
1 t brown sugar
Juice of 1 small lemon
3 T pumpkin seeds
1 T honey
Seasoning
Method
Grate beetroot, carrots and apples and place on a platter.
Squeeze 1/2 lemon juice over the apple as it browns quite quickly. You can also mix the apple into the beetroot to colour it pink and prevent the browning.
Mix the yoghurt with the sugar, 1/2 lemon juice, dill and seasoning.
In a small pan add the honey and pumpkin seeds. Cook on a low heat for about 2-3 minutes until the honey starts to bubble and the pumpkin seeds are toasted.
Lay out flat onto greaseproof paper. It will dry in a minute or 2 and become like praline.
Dollop the yoghurt over the top of the salad.
Peel off the praline and place all over the top.
Chop the mint finely and sprinkle over the salad to finish it off.
Note: Serve immediately as the apple starts to go brown.
pinkpolkadot said on September 20, 2011
What a lovely spring salad – I love the colours!
mitzireddy said on September 20, 2011
what a stunning pic – luv the food styling – and the salad – interesting combination = one that I will definitely try before the week is out. thanks, Caro
Sous-Chef said on September 20, 2011
Fabulous colour! I bet it tastes as good as it looks.
Collywolly said on September 20, 2011
What a gorgeous healthy bowl of food. I could so eat that now….well except for the chewy bits. Cant chew well yet….Thanks for sharing xx
rumtumtigger said on September 21, 2011
That’s some gorgeous rabbit food ;o). Lovely concept!
Kitchengirl said on September 21, 2011
Thanks Pinks – beetroot is always such a good shmodel
Kitchengirl said on September 21, 2011
It’s noms Mitzi – thanks!
Kitchengirl said on September 21, 2011
It really is a very tasty slaai this one.
Kitchengirl said on September 21, 2011
Thanks Colly – so good for you too! You’ll be chewing in no time
Kitchengirl said on September 21, 2011
Thanks Tiggs!