Italian Style Mixed Salad

Submitted by Tisme

"This is an old woman's weekly recipe, I make it a lot during the summer months. It is a bit like a roasted vegetable salad. I use bottled Italian dressing, but you can make your own and use it if you prefer."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 125 g green beans
• 125 g button mushrooms
• 12 small onions
• 1 green pepper
• 2 carrots
• 1 small cauliflower
• 1 small eggplant
• 2 stalks celery
• 1⁄4 cup oil

• DRESSING INGREDIENTS

• 1⁄2 cup Italian dressing
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 2 teaspoons sugar

directions

1. Trim and string beans, cut into 5cm (2in) lengths. Wash mushrooms, and slice: quarter onions: remove stalk from pepper, cut into strips: peel carrots, cut diagonally into 2.5cm (1 in) chunks: divide cauliflower into florets: cut unpeeled eggplant into 2.5
2. (1 in) cube: cut celery diagonally into 2.5 (1in) slices.
3. Saute vegetables in hot oil for about 5 minutes and put into a large salad bowl.
4. Add dressing and toss lightly.

5. TO MAKE DRESSING:

6. Combine all ingredients in a screw top jar, shake to combine well.