🌟Main ingredient:Cashew
✨secondary ingredients: chile paper and mint
⏱️Cooking time: 40 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Not spicy
👨👩👦👦Number of diners:
2
cups
lettuce
or
mixed
greens
1
cup
cashews,
roasted
and
salted
1
chile
pepper,
thinly
sliced
1/4
cup
fresh
mint
leaves
1/4
cup
thinly
sliced
red
onion
1
small
cucumber,
sliced
1
small
carrot,
grated
1
small
bell
pepper,
thinly
sliced
2
tablespoons
lemon
juice
2
tablespoons
olive
oil
Salt
and
pepper,
to
taste
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients by washing the lettuce or mixed greens, rinsing the mint leaves, slicing the chile pepper, red onion, cucumber, and bell pepper, and grating the carrot.
Step 2: In a large bowl, combine the lettuce or mixed greens, cashews, chile pepper, mint leaves, red onion, cucumber, carrot, and bell pepper.
Step 3: In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper to make the dressing.
Step 4: Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well to coat all the ingredients.
Step 5: Let the salad sit for a few minutes to allow the flavors to meld together.
Step 6: Serve the salad as a main course or as a side dish for your dinner.
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