This Kiwi Cucumber Salad with Walnuts and Fresh Mint is definitely green, but it's not your typical green salad! Tender butter lettuce, crisp cucumbers and heart-healthy kiwi fruit are drizzled with Lime Vinaigrette in this tasty salad!
1head butter lettuce (or other greens of your choice)
6kiwi fruit
½long English cucumber
⅓cupwalnut pieces
1handfulfresh mint sprigs
Lime Vinaigrette
¼cupolive oil,extra virgin
1tablespoonlime infused olive oil,OR 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice and 1 teaspoon lime zest
¼cuprice vinegar
2teaspoonhoney
salt and pepper,to taste
Instructions
Wash, dry and tear lettuce leaves and arrange in a serving dish or on 4 plates. Slice cucumber very thinly, using a sharp knife, a mandoline slicer or a spiralizer. Pat dry with paper towel to remove excess moisture. Add to salad.
Peel and slice 2 kiwifruit and add to salad. Carve the remaining kiwi fruit into flowers and add to salad. Top with walnut pieces and fresh mint leaves.
Drizzle with Lime Vinaigrette just before serving.