Skin Beauty Salad

James Colquhoun JAMES COLQUHOUN

The key ingredients in this nourishing salad are rich in vitamins and minerals that help give your skin that radiant glow.

Ingredients

for the salad:

  • 2 baby romaine (cos) lettuces, roughly chopped
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 1 medium cucumber, diced
  • ¼ bunch radishes, diced
  • ½ x 14 fl oz (400g) can garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
  • ¼ bunch parsley, roughly chopped
  • ¼ bunch mint, roughly chopped
  • ¼ red onion, finely diced

for the dressing:

  • ½ avocado
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • Pinch of unrefined sea salt

to serve:

  • 1 tablespoon hemp seeds

Method

  1. For the dressing, mash the avocado using a fork. Add apple cider vinegar, lime juice, cayenne pepper, maple syrup, and a pinch of sea salt, and stir until a smooth consistency is achieved. If you have a blender you may prefer to use that.
  2. In a large bowl, arrange the lettuce leaves, carrot, cucumber, radishes, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), herbs, and onion.
  3. Dollop dressing generously on your salad. Mix through before eating. Garnish with hemp seeds.