Recipe: Appetizing Cactus salad

Cactus salad. If you prefer to try the pure, unadulterated, natural flavor of cactus, then perhaps our Cactus Salad is exactly what you need! How to make the Mexican Cactus Leaves Salad: I bought the nopales at the Mexican grocery store and the leaves did not have In a salad bowl place the cactus leaves, tomatoes, green onion and cilantro. Bookmarking this to try when we make Mexican food. › Nopalitos Cactus Salad.

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Ingredients of Cactus salad

1. You need 2 1/2 of vine ripe tomatoes.
2. You need 1/2 cup of sliced Cactus.
3. You need 1 of feta cheese crumbles.
4. It's of cilantro.
5. It's tsp of lemon juice.
6. Prepare dash of black pepper.
7. You need of thinly sliced onion.
8. You need 1 of Green onion sliced.

This is an authentic Mexican cactus leaves salad (ensalada de nopales), a very refreshing salad for the summer that goes well. Try this colorful cactus salad with purple onions and chopped tomatoes. Why serve the same ol' salad when you could wow the crowd with something different? Cactus salad is a Mexican salad that tastes great in tortillas or as a side with grilled meat.

Cactus salad instructions

1. I bought Cactus in a jar. Make sure you rinse it all in a colander and let drain..
2. Wash tomatoes, cut in half, remove meat. Your left with the shell of the tomatoes, that's all you want. Dice them and toss into the container you will be storing in the fridge..
3. Cut about a medium sized onion in half. Thinly slice half of that, add to the tomatoes..
4. Take a few sprigs of cilantro, pluck the leafs off, add to container of veggies..
5. Cut the ends of the green onion, slice up, add to container of veggies..
6. Add Cactus, a couple scoops of feta cheese, a splash of lemon juice, a dash of pepper to the rest of the veggies. Toss well with your hand. Serve by itself or along with your favorite mexican dish. You can use as much or as little of any ingredient you would like this was just how I made mine..

I made a low fat, low calorie,tasty Mexican salad. I hope you can find fresh nopales in your area. Our guest today is Carmen; she writes in her blog "Saborearte Entusiasma". When you visit her blog you will not only find recipes and the history behind the food, but you will also enjoy her. This salad is fresh and festive.

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