Raita Salad

A lot of the recipes in the GI Diet cookbook are inspired by Indian dishes and this salad is one of them. Lately I have learnt how to use yogurt in interesting ways. I am going to add using yogurt as a salad dressing to that list. Plain yogurt with a touch of cumin is all it takes to dress this salad of spinach greens, onions, cucumbers and tomatoes.

SERVED WITH: The book suggested serving this salad with Coffee and Spice Rubbed Chicken breasts and that is exactly what I did. It was a nice combination. A very enjoyable meal.

COOKING TIPS: Toss the salad in a large bowl with the dressing so the greens are evenly coated otherwise it just won't taste quite right.

RATING: 8. It may not be something I would eat often but it was still very enjoyable.

Fresh Summer Salad - My own creation

I tend to eat a lot of salads with the recipes from the GI Diet Cookbook and sometimes I need to change them up a bit so they don't get boring. I can usually eat something for quite a while before I get tired of it but once I do I am not likely to eat again for months. So I with that in mind I am trying to keep things fresh. This week I am topping off my mixed baby greens with radishes, pumpkin seeds, green onions, feta cheese and cucumber.

So are all of those topping allowed according to the GI diet you might ask.

Radishes - yes
Cucumber - absolutely
Green onions - for sure
Pumpkin seeds - not to sure - pumpkin is listed as a yellow light item. I couldn't find pumpkin seeds so I would assume the seeds would be yellow light as well.
Feta - again I could not find feta on any of the lists but if you are eating cheese it usually has to be a low fat cheese. I admit, mine was not.

So overall this is a healthy salad which seems to have a few yellow light items. Next week I will try to limit myself to only one yellow light item in my salad.