Vegetable Salad

How many times have you been asked to bring a salad or veggie platter to a gathering? Personally I can’t even count the times and I’m always trying to find creative ways spice up my veggie platter or salad. Well this recipe is perfect because it combines the two together that is pleasing to the eye and taste. Now you can take your veggie platter/ salad to the next level with this delicious and eye catching recipe.

Yield: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 medium Hass avocados, pitted and sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 English (seedless) cucumber, chopped
• 1/2 red onion, sliced
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 small clove garlic, chopped
• A few drops hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Directions:

1. Arrange vegetables on platter
2. Mix lemon and garlic, hot sauce and salt. Stream in extra-virgin olive oil while whisking dressing
3. Pour lemon dressing over the salad and serve

Ray, Rachael. 30-minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy without Going to Extremes. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2005. 8. Print.

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