This is a great salad for your IF/PR days. The pumpkin will give you some nourishing carbohydrates and the original recipe doesn’t include any protein from meat. If you want to enjoy this on any other days, it would also taste great with some shredded chicken mixed through it.
Watercress Salad
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pumpkin (steamed, boiled or roasted)
- 1 cup watercress
- 1 cup mixed salad leaves
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced
- 1/4 cup shredded fresh herbs (e.g. basil, parsley)
- DRESSING –
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Toss all the salad ingredients together in a bowl.
- In a seperate bowl whisk together the dressing ingredients.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
- OPTIONAL – add 1/2 cup shredded chicken if not on protein restriction