Super-food salad with raspberry dressing

Name: Super-food salad with raspberry dressing
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500g spinach leaves, about 2 cups for each person; small bunch parsley, chopped; 250g (1 cup) cherry tomatoes; 1 small red onion; 6 apricots, halved; 250g blueberries; 2 tbsp goji berries; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

March 5, 2012

easyTime:< 30 mins

Burst with energy and health after eating this super-food salad combining vegetables and fruit.

Ingredients

500g spinach leaves, about 2 cups for each person
small bunch parsley, chopped
250g (1 cup) cherry tomatoes
1 small red onion
6 apricots, halved
250g blueberries
2 tbsp goji berries
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

Raspberry dressing

1/2 cup raspberries
1/4 cup cold-pressed olive oil

Method

Place spinach in a large serving bowl. Add the remaining salad ingredients. Drizzle with dressing just before serving and enjoy.
This is the perfect potassium-rich salad to enjoy this time of year. Serve with free-range chicken or alongside steamed or grilled white fish. Vegetarians can add almonds, pistachios or chickpeas for added protein.
For the dressing, squash raspberries with a fork then whisk in the olive oil. Keeps in the fridge for four days.
Nutrition without dressing: protein, five grams; total fat, 1.8 grams; saturated, 0.2 grams; carbs, 16.3 grams; fibre, 7.6 grams; sodium, 34 milligrams; potassium, 1200 milligrams; kilojoules, 435.
Nutrition per serve of dressing: protein, 0.2 grams; total fat, 9.8 grams; saturated, 1.4 grams; sodium, 0.3 milligrams; carbs, one gram; kilojoules, 385.