Strawberry Mango Salad

Below is the recipe for a strawberry mango salad, a fresh, healthy salad your family is sure to love.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• 30oz baby spinach leaves
• (1 oz)peeled and diced red onion
• 1 small ripe mango, peeled and chopped
• 5 strawberries, skinned and diced
• 2 tbsp dried cranberries

Dressing

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp caster sugar

Directions:

1. Heat a dry frying pan and add the pine nuts.
2. Toast them for around two minutes, stirring continuously until golden. Watch out that they don't burn.
3. Combine the baby spinach leaves, red onion, mango, strawberries, and dried cranberries in a bowl.
4. In a bowl, combine three tablespoons of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, and a tablespoon of caster sugar.
5. Add seasoning to taste.
6. Whisk vigorously until the dressing is blended.
7. Toss the salad with the dressing.
8. To finish, sprinkle the toasted pine nuts over the top for some added nutrition.

Annabel Karmel Recipes (c) Ground Up Media Limited 2008

Transcript:

I often make this colorful, tasty, nutritious salad when I have friends over for supper. And the toasted pine nuts add a lovely crunchy texture.

1. Heat a dry frying pan and add the pine nuts. Toast them for around two minutes, stirring continuously until golden. Watch out that they don’t burn.

2. Combine the baby spinach leaves, red onion, mango, strawberries, and dried cranberries in a bowl.

3. In another bowl, combine 3 tbsp of vegetable oil, a tbsp of balsamic vinegar, and a tbsp of caster sugar [superfine granulated sugar]. Add some seasoning to taste.

4. Whisk vigorously until the dressing is blended. Then toss the salad with the dressing.

5. And to finish, sprinkle the toasted pine nuts over the top for some added nutrition.

Super healthy, and delicious.