CRUNCHY MOZZARELLA SALAD

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A vegetarian rainbow salad with cucumber strips, semi-dried tomatoes, peppers, cheese and seeds

Provided by Jennifer Irvine

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

100g lamb's lettuce or baby spinach leaves, or a mixture of both
½ cucumber , cut into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
100g semi-dried tomatoes in oil from a jar (reserve 1 tbsp oil for drizzling)
1 yellow pepper , deseeded and cut into thin strips
125g ball light buffalo mozzarella , cut into slices
2 tsp pumpkin seed
2 tsp balsamic vinegar

Steps:

Put the salad leaves, cucumber, semi-dried tomatoes and pepper in a large bowl and toss together. Divide the salad between 2 serving plates.
Divide the mozzarella equally between the plates, scatter with pumpkin seeds, and drizzle with balsamic vinegar and oil from the tomatoes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 361 calories, Fat 16 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 31 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Fiber 10 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 0.7 milligram of sodium