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Sun-Dried Tomato Salad with Avocado and Poppy Seeds

This Sun-dried tomato salad with avocado and poppy seeds is an all-season salad full of tomatoey goodness no what the season!
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Easy
Servings: 6
Calories: 285kcal
Author: Anastasia Papapetros

Equipment

  • Salad Spinner
  • Small Food Processor, Bullet/High-speed Blender

Ingredients

For the salad…

  • 1 small cos lettuce (romaine lettuce) (approximately 200 grams)
  • 1 medium Lebanese cucumber (approximately 150 grams)
  • 1 medium carrot (approximately 150 grams)
  • 1 medium banana/bullhorn capsicum (pepper) (approximately 60 grams)
  • 1 spring onion
  • ½ cup dried tomatoes
  • 1 large avocado (approximately 300 grams)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped dill
  • 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
  • Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste

For the dressing…

  • ½ cup sundried tomatoes, (dry-packed 1) (chopped)
  • 4 tbsps red wine vinegar
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ garlic clove (minced)
  • water to loosen
Metric - Imperial

Instructions

  • Wash and trim your lettuce, either pat or spin dry and then shred.
  • Rinse, trim and peel your carrot and cucumber then cut into thin rounds for the carrots and slightly thicker rounds for the cucumber.
  • Remove the core and seeds from your bullhorn pepper, rinse under cold water then cut into rounds.
  • Wash and peel your avocado, cut into chunks and squeeze some lemon over the top.
  • Cut your dried tomatoes into strips.
  • Add all your dressing ingredients to a small food processor or high-speed blender and blitz until combined, adding water to loosen.
  • Place all your ingredients in a large mixing bowl, season and mix until well combined.
  • Arrange in a salad bowl and serve.

Notes

  1. You should be able to find these in your supermarket in the aisle where the gherkins and pickles are. If you are unable to find dry-packed tomatoes just use the ones in oil, wash them and dry them carefully.

Nutrition

Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 929mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2527IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 2mg