Mixed Veggies Salad

Good evening!

How are you all doing? Lately I have been very happy. I have just started studying my master's in Neuromarketing, and I love it! I have always wanted to become a surgeon but because I was never motivated by my high school teachers to study, and I was never seen as a hard-working teenager, I lost all interest in studying. I used to be a swimmer and so I used to train at least 5 hours per day, weekends included. Woke up at 5:30am every day and when I got home at 10pm I had to study. I had to resit some courses in my final year, so I decided to switch schools. I went to a school were I was appreciated, so I got 100% in all the courses I took. Yes, do not think you are not intelligent just because you are having a hard-time for whatever reason! Everyone has a passion hidden that sooner or later it will be discovered. I love cooking, and I consider it as my half passion. But my true passion is the human brain and how everything we see, feel, touch, taste and hear activates different parts of our brain, that in other words, are experiences and emotions that humans feel, that later on make people irrationally choose certain things.

How many times have you said: 'I do not have time to cook, so I will buy whatever outside!'. Well, the time you spend looking for that whatever-most-likely-unhealthy option, you can spend it chopping some vegetables and having a great quick lunch. This time, I made a salad with literally anything I found in the fridge (I love cooking using this method, hahaha). Keep reading to know what I added to my salad:

INGREDIENTS

- 1 egg, boiled - Water to boil the egg

- 3 broccoli florets - 1/4 cucumber - 2 medium tomatoes

- 1 small onion - 1 apple - 1/2 orange pepper - 6 dates, seedless

- 1 small carrot - Blanched almonds, sliced

- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (evoo) - 1 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar - 1/3 Dijon mustard

- Salt, pepper, oregano, basil and zaatar DIRECTIONS

- Fill a small pot with water to boil. Add the egg and boil for 15 minutes.

- Chop all the ingredients and add to a medium bowl. Believe me, the dates give it a sweet and yummy taste. Mine are not chopped in small pieces, which I would recommend doing and I will chop them smaller next time.

- In a small bowl, pour the evoo, balsamic vinegar and mustard. Stir until it is well mixed.

- Poour the mustard vinaigrette in the salad bowl. Add the spices.

- Mix and serve.

NOTE: If you want to eat some protein you can add chickpeas or chicken to your dish. I also add tuna, which is a great source of iron and potassium.

I hope you have enjoyed this quick recipe that will keep you full due to the large variety of ingredients. Remember, the more, the merrier! You can also use this salad as appetizer, or as a shared dish!

Have a great evening everyone!

Love,

Miriam

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