Healthy Hues
April 2, 2009 at 13:42 , by nix
I saw this recipe in a magazine called ‘Prevention’ and thought I’d share with you an excellent source of daily fibre needs and amazing antioxidants. It’s a Corn, Mango and Edamame salad, but I also like you to know that there’s much more colourful foods that you can add into the original recipe. Seeing that lately my posts have been *ehem* unhealthily sweet and uber-decorative, it’s time to admit that dieting has not been easy in the house of Delisioucity. However, we’re taking things one at a time and I have been back on calorie-counting for now 
This recipe delivers a punch, and the flavours are exciting. The gorgeous hues means that you’re getting plenty of powerful age-fighting antioxidants, and according to the magazine, supplies more than 20% of your daily fibre needs. Yowzer!
Corn, Mango & Edamame Salad
2 cups frozen shelled edamame
1.5 cups fresh corn kernels (or use canned)
1.5 cups mango cubes (about one mango)
1 cup chopped tomato
0.5 cup chopped red onion (or any variety)
2 Tbspn chopped cilantro ( I skipped this)
1 Tbspn extra virgin olive oil (I used Italian)
1 Tbspn freshly squeezed lime juice (I used orange juice)
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tspn coarse black pepper
Method: Stir and toss everything in! Done in 15 minutes.
In addition to the recipe given, I added some chopped avocado (which I love to bits), and pieces of oranges (obviously that picture is a mango and not an orange… because I forgot to shoot it as I busily squeezed the bejeebers out of the poor citrus). What an explosion of tastes and textures! Definitely a keeper, this one is Oh and yes, the protein content of an estimated 9g is not too bad at all, seeing also that the salad is just 160 calories per serving! Not bad for a light lunch… and it’s quite filling too. I might just add some pine nuts next time.
Till our next gastroventure! xoxo.
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