Marinated Zucchini Salad - Easy and Healthy

Submitted by Sarah_Jayne

"I am always on the hunt for healthy recipes and new ways to use vegetables that I already like. I never really think of not cooking zucchini but this sounds good. It is the recipe of British TV chef Merrilees Parker and was first published in the August 2005 issue of BBC Good Food Magazine."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 large zucchini, ends cut off
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, juice of

directions

1. Using a vegetable peeler or a mandolin, slice the zucchini into long thin ribbons and place in a shallow serving dish.
2. Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil in a small bowl and season generously.
3. Drizzle over the zucchini ribbons and leave to marinate for 15 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Gaia22]

Super simple & tasty addition to my raw recipes! I split the recipe in half. Furthermore, I didn't want to use so much oil, so I also split the "sauce" part in half again (while still maintaining the ratio of oil to lemon juice). Plus, my zucchini wasn't so large anyways. Worked out perfectly! To recap, I used 1 med. zucchini, 1 tbsp evoo, 1/4 fresh lemon juice, salt & pepper. Also, I tasted one before I let it sit for 15 minutes and -wow- what a difference 15 minutes makes! It's very tangy before it sits and nicely well-blended after. Thank you for sharing! :)

 

[littlemafia]

This was so different from any salad we've had so far,but I enjoyed it. DH said something was missing,but couldn't say what. Made for ZWT6.

 

[mliss29]

So easy to make and so tasty. Of course, I love lemon! But my husband said, "this is the best (darn) zucchini I've ever had." Well, there you go! Reviewed for the Veg*n Recipe Swap.

 

[januarybride]

Gosh, I hate to do this but the recipe did not strike our fancy. I tried to perk it up with some garlic and feta, but that didn't get anyone to eat it either. I would have added some oil, but we were trying to so the "light" salad thing. I do encourage others to try it though, as it has gotten wonderful reviews from other chefs!!!!!! Thanks for posting!

 

[Garlic Chick]

In a word - fantastic! I did not think I would like this very much because I was worried it would be too lemony. Definitely not the case. I made as written but with just 3 T of oil and added some fresh thyme. Thanks for posting, this is truly tasty!