Kaleidoscope salad
Delight your taste buds with this vibrant Kaleidoscope Salad bursting with a medley of colors, flavors, and textures. Embrace a culinary experience like no other!
Ingredients:
- 2 limes
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and quartered
- 11/2 cups buttermilk
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, core removed, spines of leaves removed, rinsed and dried with a salad spinner, and torn into bite-sized pieces
- 450g bag fresh spinach, soaked several times to remove grit, tough stems removed, dried in a salad spinner, and torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced and slices quartered
- 3 stalks celery, scrubbed and sliced
- 6 garlic chives, white and tender green parts only, chopped
- 2 English cucumbers, peeled and sliced
- 1 (8-ounce) bag fresh frozen peas, blanched, drained and allowed to cool
- 1 (8-ounce) bag fresh frozen corn (preferably Shoe-Peg), blanched, drained, and allowed to cool or 3 ears husked sweet corn, boiled for 15 minutes in salt water, cooled and cut from cob
- 1 (16-ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained
- 1 (8-ounce) bag dried cranberries
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
- 2 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
Instructions:
- Heat limes in the microwave for approximately 30 seconds in order to release their essential oils. Let them sit until they have cooled down enough to handle.
- Start the blender and gradually add parsley, chives, and garlic one at a time through the top opening while it's blending. Keep blending until a smooth paste forms. By this time, the limes should have cooled down for juicing. While the blender is still on, juice the limes through the top and slowly pour in buttermilk until the mixture thickens and can coat the back of a spoon. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Refrigerate the dressing until ready to use. (Once cold, the dressing should have a mayonnaise-like consistency.)
- Combine lettuce, spinach, onion, celery, chives, and cucumbers in a bowl. Gently mix in peas, corn, pineapple, cranberries, grape tomatoes, and tomato wedges. Serve in a family-style setting with the dressing served separately.
Summary:
- Calories: 2377 kcal
- Fat: 26 g
- Protein: 99 g
- Carbs: 509 g
- Potassium: 10017 mg
- Magnesium: 924 mg