This is how you make a healthy and tasty steamed vegetables warm salad, that you can eat on its own for a light lunch or have with some meat of fish as your main course.
The salad can be stored in the fridge for a couple of days. It is also very yummy eaten cold.
Ingredients (serve 2-3 people)
- 3-4 peeled and chopped carrots
- A bag of green beans, washed and cut in halves
- The florets of a whole broccoli
- A handful of olives
- 2-3 sliced cooked beetroots
- A bunch of parsley, finely chopped
- The juice of half lemon
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt and pepper
Preparation
Place the carrots, the broccoli and the green beans in 2 bamboo steamers.
Pile the steamers up on a pan filled with boiling water and cook for approximately 7-8 minutes, until the veggies are cooked but are still a bit crunchy.
Place the veggies in a large salad bowl with the parsley, the beetroots and the olives. Add the lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
Stir well. Serve the salad and enjoy.