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Florette Low GI Salad (Serves 4)

Try this super-healthy Low GI Salad, with its Mediterranean feel it's perfect for slimmers. Made with Florette Crispy Salad, with cannellini beans, red onion, red pepper, cucumber and tomato in a fat free dressing, it has lots of interesting textures and bags of flavour.

Ingredients

  • 1 bag Florette Crispy Salad                
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 410g can of cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper, deseeded and finely chopped
  • ΒΌ cucumber, finely chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • A few basil leaves

Method

  1. Arrange the Florette Crispy Salad on 4 serving plates.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine the tomato puree, red wine vinegar and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Add the cannellini beans, red onion, pepper, cucumber and tomatoes to the bowl. Stir to coat with the dressing, then spoon on top of the salad leaves. Serve at once, sprinkled with a little extra black pepper and scattered with basil leaves.

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