African Spiced Vegetable Salad
"Very good and a nice change. I am not a big fan of cauliflower so I use a bag of fresh stir fry vegetables instead. The presentation is very colorful. I adapted this recipe from a Weight Watchers cookbok. 1 point per 1 cup serving."
- Ready In:
- 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup fresh broccoli florets, small
- 3⁄4 cup fresh cauliflower floret
- 1⁄2 cup diagonally sliced carrot
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons nonfat sour cream
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon honey
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
directions
- Steam the vegetables, covered 2 minutes.
- Rinse under cold water; drain well.
- Combine spices in a skillet over medium heat and cook 2 minutes stirring constantly.
- In a medium bowl, combine spice mixture, sour cream, vinegar, and honey.
- Add vegetables and mix well.
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Reviews
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Very colorful dish and the dressing is great when just made. It's an interesting blend of spices and not at all overwhelming. I put this together and refrigerated it for three hours. Don't do that. Put the dressing on just before serving as it gets watery with time. -
This is one of my favourite meals. We make this atleast 4 times a week. I also use fresh vegetables: carrots, French beans, potatoes, greenpeas(frozen but defrosted), cauliflower and celery. I'm not a big broccoli fan, so I leave that out. I substitute the cider vinegar with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Most often, I enjoy the vegetables all by themselves, i.e., minus the dressing. I most often add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp. red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp. of black pepper to the veggies while they are steaming. When I do that, I skip the nutmeg and ginger completely. -
This was really good but the kids weren't impressed. *sigh* I used fresh veggies which adds to the prep time significantly. -
Made this as an alternative to the usual salad. It has a nice flavor (with a hint of zing) with nothing overpowering another.
Tweaks
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This is one of my favourite meals. We make this atleast 4 times a week. I also use fresh vegetables: carrots, French beans, potatoes, greenpeas(frozen but defrosted), cauliflower and celery. I'm not a big broccoli fan, so I leave that out. I substitute the cider vinegar with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Most often, I enjoy the vegetables all by themselves, i.e., minus the dressing. I most often add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp. red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp. of black pepper to the veggies while they are steaming. When I do that, I skip the nutmeg and ginger completely.
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Phoenix, Arizona
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