Buildable Israeli Salad

Make this buildable Israeli salad with Lilly Cadoch, author of the book “Busy Mom’s Cheat Sheet”, a certified health coach and Hadassah life member. A Hadassah ❤️ You program.

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Hi my name is Lily kados certified health coach and author of The award-winning book busy moms cheat I’m here today with cooking tips to eat Smart focusing on on the Mediterranean diet the Mediterranean diet is a healthy eating plan based on the traditional Cuisines of Greece Italy and other

Countries that border the Mediterranean Sea including hadassa favorite Israel interest in this diet started in the ‘ 50s when it was noted that heart disease was not as common in Mediterranean countries as it was in the US plant-based foods such as whole grains vegetables legumes fruits nuts seeds herbs and spices

Are the foundation of this diet and olive oil is the main source of added fat this recipe Builds on the basic Israeli salad adding healthy Inspirations the secret to making a great Israeli salad is making sure that all the vegetables are chopped very small as you could see here start with a

Very sharp knife and just takes a bit of practice so you could start with adding some bright Tomatoes you don’t need to wait for summer anymore because the hydroponic ones are available year round then you could use English cucumbers as I have here chopped up into small pieces

Or Persian cucumbers which you can use you know you just wash thoroughly and then you can use with the peel so first just trim the ends make a cut vertical and then just chop that okay so let’s just add that to the salad as well and then you can also add some

Onion we have red onion here you can also use scallions or any kind of onion you have on hand so these three ingredients are basically like the basic Israeli salad that we have here so what I’m going to do now is dress that up by adding some olive oil to add that

Added fat monosaturated fat that lowers cholesterol and then some lemon juice it’s great to have these handy tools to make things easier as you go so just squeeze that in and adding some sea salt and some crushed black pepper so this here is the basic Israeli salad look how beautiful and bright this

Looks this these are the three basic ingredients of an Israeli salad so now I want to build on it by adding some fresh herbs we have here some mint that’s already pre chopped adding that for some boost of a flavor as well as parsley it’s going to add a lot of

Freshness and flavor to this let’s add that give it a good toss is getting better and better and more interesting now what we could do is also switch it up a bit and add some red pepper just adding like a a a scoop of red pepper to add some

Additional ingredients and some extra nutrients so now that we have a lot of the vegetables that I love in the Israeli salad here I want to add a boost of Mediterranean flavor which I will do by adding some chopped black olives and some feta cheese which you could just you

Know cut and sprinkle in the salad and this definitely adds a boost of flavor it’s very delicious and so easy to just throw in at the end don’t forget to give that a good toss how beautiful is this and now if we want to make this a

Little more hearty and add some protein we could do that by adding some chick piece just add a scoop of that give that a good toss now we’re starting to make the basic Israeli salad into more of a meal there are so many satisfying whole grains to build upon the salad either

Brown rice quinoa barley here we have some cooked Pharaoh that I’m going to just add in so you can just toss that in give it a good toss and you can adjust your dressing as you see fit with all these additional ingredients so I’m going to add a little bit more of

Salt and pepper so you can just toss that in and then adjust the seasonings as you like let me give that a little taste test and see if we need anything wow that’s delicious if anything maybe some herbs that’s an easy powerful way to add a

Boost of flavor so I’m adding a little more that was parsley and a little more mint all right give that another Final Mix and uh it’s ready to serve Delicious