An amazingly valuable exotic avocado fruit and the best combinations with it. On the agenda is a salad with pine nuts, avocado, cucumber and crab sticks. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Light and original salad with pine nuts, avocado, cucumber and crab sticks is a great addition to lunch, dinner and any festive table. It is suitable for fasting and vegetarian menus. This salad is at the same time simple, but also unusual, which perfectly complements meat steak or grilled fish. Another versatility of the dish lies in the fact that you can vary the ratio of products to your taste, use more cucumber or more avocado. In addition to pine nuts, try the sunflower or sesame seed option for a more budgetary option. The dish can be dietary or quite filling, depending on the amount of ingredients used. Besides, the salad is very healthy. The exotic avocado fruit is rich in unsaturated fatty acids that are easily absorbed by the body. Pine nuts are essential fatty amino acids that are the best remedy for atherosclerosis.
For the base of the dressing, healthy olive oil, grain mustard and lemon juice are used. Although adjustments are also allowed here. For example, olive oil can be replaced with vegetable oil, cedar oil, pumpkin oil, grape seed, etc. You can use regular mustard, and use apple cider vinegar, wine vinegar, or soy sauce instead of lemon juice. With any dressing, the salad will taste bright.
See also how to make a light salad with avocado and crab sticks.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 132 kcal.
- Servings Per Container - 4-5
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Avocado - 1 pc.
- Pine nuts - 100 g
- Grain French mustard - 1 tsp
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Crab sticks - 8 pcs.
- Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
- Peking cabbage - 6 leaves
- Lemon - 0.3 pcs.
- Parsley - a bunch
Step-by-step preparation of salad with pine nuts, avocado, cucumber and crab sticks, recipe with photo:
1. Remove the required number of leaves from the Chinese cabbage. Wash them, dry them with a paper towel and chop them into thin strips.
2. Wash cucumbers, dry and cut into thin half rings.
3. Cut the avocado in half, halve, remove the pit, remove the pulp and cut into cubes. How to properly peel and cut an avocado, you will find in a step-by-step recipe with a photo on the pages of the sites, using the search bar.
4. Remove the crab sticks from the packaging and cut into strips.
5. Wash, dry and chop the parsley.
6. Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and add the pine nuts.
7. In a small container, combine vegetable oil, mustard, salt and lemon juice.
8. Season salad with pine nuts, avocado, cucumber and crab sticks with cooked sauce, stir the food and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make a salad with pine nuts.