Cucumber & mango salad
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This is a superfood salad with a tea based marinade which is rich in antioxidants to detox the body, plus it has special slimming powers!
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized cucumbers
- 2 Ceylon teabags
- 1tsp chopped ginger
- 1 large mango
- 30ml olive oil
- 15ml fresh lemon juice
- Pinch of sugar
- 2tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- Salt and ground pepper to taste
Method
- Place the teabags and chopped ginger in a cup of boiling hot water and allow to infuse for 5 mins. Discard the teabags and cool.
- Cut the cucumber into ribbons; peel and chop the mango into chunks. Place in a bowl and season with pepper and salt.
- Add the cooled ginger tea and refrigerate for two hours.
- Strain the liquid and add lemon juice, olive oil, sugar and chopped coriander. Mix well and serve.
By Jennifer Shepherd
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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