Chopped Green Herb Salad
An incredibly healthy green salad filled with nutrients, fiber and benefits.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch parsley chopped
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped
- 1 spring onion sliced
- 2/3 cup walnuts chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop the parsley, cilantro and walnuts. Slice the spring onion.
- In a small bowl, mix the lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper to make a dressing.
- In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients and coat with the dressing. Toss and serve.
Notes
Interesting fact: Just two tablespoons of parsley provides two percent of your daily calcium, iron and folate; 12 percent of your vitamin A; over 150 percent of your vitamin K; and 16 percent of your vitamin C. Not too shabby for a humble herb! Check out these parsley health benefits and ways to get more parsley into your day-to-day.
Benefits:
- Inflammation
- Oxidative stress, or free radical damage
- Anemia
- Bladder infection
- Digestive problems, including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Kidney stones
- Bad breath
- Arthritis
- Bloating, or edema
- Gas
- Acid Reflux
- Constipation
- Poor immunity
- Skin problems