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Arugula and purple basil salad

Arugula and purple basil salad

Ingredients

  • Salad:
  • 3oz. arugula (approximately half a bag)
  • 1 bunches purple basil (roughly chopped)
  • 1 bunch cilantro (roughly chopped)
  • ½ cup toasted almonds or pine nuts
  • ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 dozen baby tomatoes (halved)
  • ¼ Suyo Long cucumber (peeled)
  • Dressing:
  • 1 to 1 ½ lemons (squeezed)
  • 5 Tbs sunflower oil
  • 1 tbs Dijon mustard
  • rock salt

Instructions

  1. In a small mixing bowl whip your mustard and lemon juice together with salt. Slowly incorporate the sunflower oil. Taste and adjust the flavor.
  2. Toss your greens, nuts, tomatoes and cucumbers with your vinaigrette. Toss with the salad. Garnish with feta cheese.

Notes

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