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Tossed Salad with Harissa Dressing

Made by Anastasia - Serves: 6 Filed Under: 10 Minute Salads, Low Carb, Salad Index, Summer Salads, Vegan

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Our simple Tossed Salad takes a trip to Tunisia with the addition of our zingy Harissa dressing. A great salad to serve with A warming tagine or a family BBQ.

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CLOSE UP OF TOSSED SALAD

The Harissa dressing for this tossed salad came about because I was curious to see how Harissa would work in a salad and created this recipe to see how it works – try it and see for yourself.

Harissa is a Tunisian blend of chillies and spices and it is one of my families favourite spice pastes. We use it a lot on barbecued lamb cutlets with mint and lemon as well as on roasted meats and vegetables – sensational! Try our version of Harissa Paste!

Table of contents

  • What makes a tossed salad?
  • YOU WILL NEED:
  • How to Make IT
  • Some serving suggestions
  • Try some more tossed salads
  • Recipe Card

What makes a tossed salad?

A tossed salad is flavoursome and made by tossing salad greens and vegetables in a dressing or a vinaigrette. It will usually contain lettuce, tomato and cucumbers.

In our version, we have also included thinly sliced crisp carrots, some crunchy sunflower seeds, and creamy avocado and dressed it with a zingy Harissa vinaigrette.

It is easy to put together it is just a case of washing and cutting your vegetables, shaking your dressing ingredients in a jar then tossing everything together.

You can easily adjust the heat for your dressing by adding more Harissa or using less.

YOU WILL NEED:

TOSSED SALAD WITH HARISSA INGREDIENTS WITH TEXT

How to Make IT

1PREP YOUR VEGETABLES
Rinse your salad leaves under cold running water, then either pat dry with a clean kitchen towel or spin in a salad spinner to remove excess water.
Wash, peel and trim your cucumber and carrots then cut into rounds. For the carrots slice them thinly using a mandoline/v-slicer and for your cucumber into thick rounds, approximately 1cm (½ inch) thick.
Rinse your mini Roma tomatoes, pat dry then cut them in half.
Wash and peel your avocado then cut into large cubes.

Salad leaves being spun dry in a salad spinner.
WASH & DRY YOUR LEAVES
Two diced avocado halves sitting face down on a wooden board.
CUT YOUR AVOCADO INTO CHUNKS
Thinly slicing carrots into rounds using a mandoline slicer on a wooding board.
THINLY SLICE CARROTS INTO ROUNDS
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CUT YOUR CUCUMBER INTO ROUNDS

2MAKE THE HARISSA DRESSING
Add your oil, lemon juice and Harissa to your taste – anywhere from ½ teaspoon for very mild to 2 teaspoons for extra hot. Season with some salt and pepper then shake until emulsified.

HARISSA DRESSING INGREDIENTS
ADD INGREDIENTS TO A GLASS JAR
Harissa vinaigrette in a glass jar.
SHAKE UNTIL EMULSIFIED

3ASSEMBLE THE SALAD
In a large mixing bowl add all your prepared vegetables and sunflower seeds. If you are serving the salad immediately pour over the dressing, season with some sea salt and cracked black pepper and toss until everything is well coated with the dressing.
I was taking this salad to a friend’s BBQ so I served the dressing on the side and then simply added it to the salad and tossed it at the last minute.

Prepared tossed salad ingredients in a white bowl.
ADD ALL INGREDIENTS TO A BOWL
Tossed salad and Harissa dressing in a white bowl being mixed with tongs.
TOSS WELL TO COMBINE

Some serving suggestions

Tossed salad is good with just about everything, I made this one to take to a friend’s BBQ and added the Harissa dressing at the last minute. If you would like to try some more Tunisian recipes…

  • Tunisian tagine
  • Chicken meatballs with preserved lemons
  • Tunisian lamb shanks
  • Tunisian couscous

This salad is also great with...

  • Kebabs or souvlaki
  • Shawarma
  • Lamb kofta

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Recipe Card

Tossed salad in a bowl.

Tossed Salad with Harissa Dressing

Our simple tossed salad takes a trip to Tunisia with the addition of our zingy Harissa dressing. A great salad to serve with warming tagine or a family BBQ.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
* Times are an estimate and will depend on your skill level
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Tunisian
Keyword: Easy, low carb, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, whole30
Servings: 6 as a side
Calories: 186kcal
Author: Anastasia
Equipment
  • Salad Spinner
  • Mandoline or V-Slicer
Ingredients
For the salad...
  • 90 grams mixed salad leaves (approximately 3 cups)
  • 1 carrot (approximately 120 grams)
  • 1 medium cucumber (approximately 120 grams)
  • 300 grams mini Roma tomatoes (1 large punnet)
  • 1 large avocado (approximately 200 grams)
  • 2 tbsps Coriander (cilantro) leaves (roughly chopped)
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds
For the Harissa dressing...
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 3 tbsps lemon juice
  • 1 tsps Harissa paste (make it ½ teaspoon for mild or 2 tsps for hot)
Metric - Imperial
Instructions
  • Wash and dry your salad leaves, then wash your mini Roma tomatoes, pat dry and cut them in half lengthwise.
  • Wash trim and peel your carrots and cucumber then cut them rounds (thin for the carrots and thick for the cucumbers).
  • Add all ingredients for the dressing in a glass jar, season and shake until emulsified.
  • Place all your prepared vegetables in a large mixing bowl, add the chopped coriander and sunflower seeds, pour over the dressing, season and toss until everything is well coated with the dressing.
  • Arrange in a salad bowl and serve immediately.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 428mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2195IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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Anastasia is a home cook introduced to cooking at a young age (8 years old) and hasn’t gotten out of the kitchen since! She had her own coffee shop and ran her own catering business for over a decade. Her love of salads developed as she was always the one responsible for making the salads for family get-togethers and friends functions.

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