Simple Green Salad to Whet the Appetite
Ensalada Verde Recipe

This Ensalada Verde Recipe is a simple green salad recipe from the Dominican Republic that they traditionally make on festive holidays, such as Christmas and Easter.

With only 4 ingredients, this simple salad is quick and easy to prepare.

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It is meant to whet your appetite for the following courses of food.

Sometimes simple is better.

Ensalada Verde means Green Salad

This simple salad recipe can be served with a variety of dressings, so that each person can choose their favourite. By not dousing the salad in dressing before serving, the remainder of the salad, if any, can be easily kept for the next day.

Ensalada Verde, A Green Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 medium tomato - washed, sliced & halved

• 1/2 of a head of leaf lettuce (or 1/4 of a cabbage)- chopped

• 1/2 English cucumber - finely sliced

• 2 hard boiled eggs - peeled and quartered

Method:

1. Wash and chop the lettuce and place it in a plate.

2. Wash and slice the tomatoes and the cucumber into fine slices.

3. Peel and quarter the hard boiled eggs.

4. Lightly toss the first 3 ingredients and then place the egg quarters on top.

5. Serve your Ensalada Verde with a light wine vinaigrette or fruity vinaigrette.

Yield: this recipe for Ensalada Verde serves 4

Note:

1. Other vegetables can be added to your Ensalada Verde such as: green onions, red onions, shredded carrots, crumbled or shredded cheeses, sweet peppers, nuts.

2. Heavier (thicker) vinaigrettes may also be used or your favourite.