Salad Platter
Creamy avocados, juicy-sweet tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, meaty chickpeas and salty olives are on top of a bed of lettuce or any your favorite greens. Drizzle some freshly homemade vinaigrette and serve with a few slices of good bread.
Yield
4 servingsPrep
8 minCook
0 minReady
12 minLow Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber, Sugar-Free
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
4 | cups |
lettuce leaves
or any your favorite, washed, torned and dried |
* |
1 | each |
avocados
ripe, peeled, and diced into 1/2-inch cubes |
|
1 | each |
beefsteak tomatoes
diced into 1/2-inch pieces |
* |
1 | each |
english cucumber
peeled and dice into 1/4-inch cubes |
* |
2 | cups |
chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
cooked, if canned, drained and well rinsed |
|
¼ | cup |
pimento stuffed green olives
sliced |
* |
Vinaigrette | |||
3 | tablespoons |
olive oil, extra-virgin
|
|
½ | tablespoon |
lemon juice
or to taste, fresh |
|
1 | teaspoon |
dijon mustard
|
|
1 | clove |
garlic
small clove, minced |
|
1 | x |
salt and black pepper
to taste |
* |
1 | x |
bread
good quality, sliced, to serve |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
946 | ml |
lettuce leaves
or any your favorite, washed, torned and dried |
* |
1 | each |
avocados
ripe, peeled, and diced into 1/2-inch cubes |
|
1 | each |
beefsteak tomatoes
diced into 1/2-inch pieces |
* |
1 | each |
english cucumber
peeled and dice into 1/4-inch cubes |
* |
473 | ml |
chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
cooked, if canned, drained and well rinsed |
|
59 | ml |
pimento stuffed green olives
sliced |
* |
Vinaigrette: | |||
45 | ml |
olive oil, extra-virgin
|
|
7.5 | ml |
lemon juice
or to taste, fresh |
|
5 | ml |
dijon mustard
|
|
1 | clove |
garlic
small clove, minced |
|
1 | x |
salt and black pepper
to taste |
* |
1 | x |
bread
good quality, sliced, to serve |
* |
Directions
Place the prepared lettuce leaves onto a serving platter.
Arrange half of the avocado on one edge of the plate in line, then a line of tomatoes, a line of cucumbers, a line of chick peas, and a line of green olives.
Arrange the remaning avocado on the other side of the plate beside the green olives.
In a small bowl, whisk together all the vinaigrette ingredients until well blended.
Season with salt and black pepper.
Pour the vinaigrette over the salad platter.
Serve with bread.