Easy Homemade Thai Salad
This delicious recipe for an Easy Homemade Thai Salad is the perfect healthy recipe to serve especially for a summer meal.
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 Cucumbers halved and seeded
- 2 Carrots large, Julienne, or stick-like shape
- 2 cups Chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds
- ¼ cup Cilantro chopped
Dressing
- 5 tbsp Olive Oil about ⅓ cup. Can use sesame oil or combination.
- 4 tbsp Lime Juice
- 1 tbs Soy Sauce
- 1 clove Garlic clove, minced
- 1 tbsp Splenda
Instructions
- In that large serving bowl, toss together the cucumbers, carrots, and chickpeas.
- Using a smaller bowl, prepare your dressing using a whisk. Once prepared, pour half of it into the bowl with the salad mix. Then, toss the salad, adding additional teaspoons of dressing as needed.
- Drizzle additional dressing on top of the salad as needed.Lastly, distribute the remaining ingredients over your salad and serve. Tip: serve with a slice of avocado and/ or add some shrimp, chicken or tuna on top.
Recipe Notes
As mentioned, you will need Chickpeas . They are added for protein (sub in another protein if you are a low carb person). If you are using canned chickpeas, please have them drained and rinsed before adding them to the recipe.
You will also need sesame seeds in this recipe.
Sesame seeds add a bit of crunch to the salad. They also add a reminder that this is indeed an Asian inspired recipe at heart.
Tip: serve with a slice of avocado and/ or add some shrimp, chicken or tuna on top. See recipe post for details.
Nutritional information may vary and is only an estimate.
Sesame seeds add a bit of crunch to the salad. They also add a reminder that this is indeed an Asian inspired recipe at heart.
Tip: serve with a slice of avocado and/ or add some shrimp, chicken or tuna on top. See recipe post for details.
Nutritional information may vary and is only an estimate.
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Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 283mg | Potassium: 588mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 5295IU | Vitamin C: 12.7mg | Calcium: 115mg | Iron: 3.7mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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