Snow pea Salad Crispy - 148 calories per serve

Snow pea Salad Crispy - 148 calories per serve

Before the dressing

Serves: 2 as a main or 4 side salads (2/148 calories per serve, 74 calories as a side salad)

Serving pictured is smaller than a main serving. 

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

75g / 12 large Snow peas, string removed - 20 calories

130g / ½ red capsicum - 28 calories

200g Chinese cabbage - 25 calories

25g grated carrot - 7 calories

100g / ½ cucumber – 10 calories

20g pine nuts (natural or dry fried.) – 130 calories

Dressing:

50ml Fish sauce  - 21 calories

15ml / 1 tablespoon Ketjup Mantis – 41 calories

1 heaped teaspoon Nativa (Stevia) – 1 calorie

1 tablespoon finely grated young ginger – 5 calories

Juice of I lime and 1 teaspoon of the zest – 8 calories

100ml cold water

METHOD

1. Wash all vegetable and julienne snow peas, capsicum and cucumber.
2. Grate carrot and young ginger separately. Use a Microplane or very fine grater for the ginger.
3. Combine all vegetables reserving pine nuts) in a plastic bowl, cover and refrigerate.
4. Combine all dressing ingredients, cover and marinate in refrigerator until needed.
5. When serving pour ½ the dressing over salad and mix through with hands.
6. Place serving on plate and pour remainder of dressing over salad.
7. Note: this salad is meant to have an abundance of dripping dressing so you will see it spill out onto the plate.
8. Top with pine nuts.