Lettuce and Coconut Salad with Toasted Pine Nuts

A super light tropical salad recipe perfect for the warmer weather. The toasted seeds really give this salad a beautiful crunch with the coconut adding a delicious natural sweetness.

This salad is great to have as a side to any simple meat or vegetarian dish.

Ingredients:

6 cups mixed lettuce leaves chopped

1/3 cup coconut flakes

1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

1 tablespoon linseeds (flaxseeds)

Juice of 1/2 a lime

2 tablespoons olive oil

Method:

1. Toast together your pine nuts, coconut chips and linseeds in an already warmed oven at 150’C for 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
2. Place all ingredients (accept the olive oil and lime juice) in a mixing bowl and gently toss.
3. Mix the lime and olive oil together and pour over the salad just before serving. Enjoy!

Gluten Free | Dairy Free | Vegan | Paleo | Sugar Free

A perfect companion to this salad is our Gluten Free Quinoa Tabouleh