Radish Cucumber Salad Recipe with Feta, Rucola and Fresh Herbs
This radish cucumber salad recipe with salty feta, peppery rucola and fresh herbs makes a healthy salad that's packed with so much flavour and texture, it only needs a simple dressing of extra virgin olive oil and wine vinegar. It makes for a satisfying meal on its own, as well as a fantastic side salad to roast chicken, grilled fish or a great steak.
Servings: 4
Calories: 131kcal
Ingredients
- 150 g (about 15) radishes, half finely sliced and half sliced in half
- 100 g / 2 cucumber sliced lengthways, then into quarters
- 100 g fresh green beans trimmed
- 1 purple shallot peeled and finely sliced
- 50 g fresh peas
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
- Pinch of sea salt or to taste
- Pinch of white pepper or to taste
- 100 g feta or salty white cheese crumbled
- 10 rucola leaves
- 1 tbsp fresh herbs such as coriander and dill or basil
Instructions
- In a big salad bowl, toss the radishes, cucumber, beans, shallots, and peas in a dressing of the extra virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Tip it onto a serving plate, spread it out evenly, sprinkle on crumbled feta and fresh herbs, arrange the rucola leaves, and drizzle on any remaining dressing left in the salad bowl.
Nutrition
Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 305mg | Potassium: 268mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 599IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 161mg | Iron: 1mg