Fattoush

10-30 minutes 2 servings 3 of 5-a-day 400 kcal or less bread salad fibre folate good for you middle eastern recipes quick side salad vitamin c

Ingredients

2 tomatoes , chopped into chunks

¼ cucumber , deseeded and sliced

½ red onion , sliced

1 small head romaine lettuce , shredded

handful mint leaves, roughly chopped

handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped

2 pitta breads

1 tsp sumac

½ garlic clove , crushed

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

juice ½ lemon

Method

The night before, toss together all the salad ingredients except for the pitta bread and sumac. Make up the dressing and season to taste. Leave these separate until the morning.

The next morning, toast the pitta breads until lightly golden. When cool, tear into pieces and combine with the salad and dressing. Spoon into 2 plastic boxes and sprinkle over the sumac.