Build a healthy salad

SERVES 1

1. 1.Any healthy salad starts with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and pepper, and feel free to add other non-starchy plant ingredients to your plate – extra salad leaves, such as baby leaf, watercress, endive, rocket or young spinach leaves, as well as chicory, radishes, onion, spring onion, celery, cress, young kale, mushrooms, fresh herbs and/or chilli.
2. 2. To turn the salad into a nutritious light lunch, you’ll need to add protein. Here are some examples – for more ideas see page 239:

• 100g cooked chicken breast (153cals)
• 100g cooked peeled prawns (70cals)
• 100g tuna in brine or water (113cals)
• 60g halloumi, sliced and fried in ½ tsp olive oil for 1–2 mins (220cals)
• 50g full-fat feta (124cals)
• ½ avocado (149cals)
• 30g plain mixed nuts (179cals)
• 100g cooked puy lentils (143cals)

1. 3. Finally, add 1 tablespoon dressing.