Feb 15 2008
Ensalada mixta or garden salad with lime cilantro dressing
Published by Laylita at 5:30 pm under All, Kid friendly, Quick, Salads, South America, Southwest, Vegetables, Vegetarian
If my kitchen was a restaurant this garden salad would be the house salad, this is the everyday salad that we have at least a few times a week, it is also the same salad that both my mother and grandmother will make if you are having a regular meal at their home; sometimes radishes, cucumbers, carrots or other vegetables are added, but you could say that the base is lettuce, tomatoes, onions and avocado with a lime cilantro dressing. This salad is one of those healthy refreshing yummy salads that taste great and make you feel good, my kids love it and I think it is because of the lime dressing, they aren’t as enthusiastic about salads with vinegar based dressings, but they constantly ask for seconds of this garden salad, which makes me think that as long as I put lime juice on their food they will eat it.
Ingredients:
1 head of lettuce, washed and leaves cut or torn into large pieces
2 tomatoes, sliced or quartered
½ red onion, thinly sliced
1 avocado, sliced or diced
1 tbs finely chopped cilantro
Juice of 2 limes
2 tbs olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
- To make the dressing whisk the chopped cilantro, lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper together.
- Combine the lettuce, tomatoes, onions and avocado in a large bowl.
- Toss the salad with the dressing and serve.
La receta para la ensalada mixta en español esta aqui.
I’m going to try this salad today! Only problem I have is cutting the onions thinly. Do you have any tips?
Paz
Hi Paz - Use a sharp knife - my favorite one for onions is actually a tomato knife, it is small and has a nice super sharp blade, you can get one at Amazon.com for under $10 or for a little bit more at William’s Sonoma -, I also remember that when I was learning I would do it very slowly to get each slice as thin as possible; or if you have a mandolin it does all the work for you- I have a cheap plastic one that works well, it also helps with a lot of other different cuts, but it is a pain to clean so I only use it when I cutting/slicing a lot of things. I also took a knife skills class a few months ago, it was very useful, especially learning how to use chef knifes (I still need to get one of those,) also I learned I was holding the knife the wrong way and doing everything backwards.
Ahhh! Thanks, Layla. I’m going to look for the knife. I like the idea of the knife skills class. Very cool. I’m going to look into that, too.
Paz