I have been eating a lot of salads these days and try to make different salads so that we don’t get bored of eating the same thing every day.

I tend to use radishes a lot. Radishes are packed with nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants and are a great addition to your daily salads.

Radish contains phytochemicals that have anti-carcinogenic properties. Additionally, they have vitamin C which helps keep your body and cells healthy. They also have anti-hypertensive properties that help control hypertension or high blood pressure because of the potassium in it. Radishes are low on the glycemic index and high in fibre so it a great vegetable to incorporate for diabetics. Radishes are powerful when it comes to eliminating toxins. This helps keep your liver and stomach in mint condition.

Traditional thinking does say that people with diabetes should not eat carrots, but that is not really correct. Currently carrots have a GI of 41, which is not too bad and is at a moderate level. Carrots are full of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium.

This is a very easy salad to make, and takes just 10 mins to prep. Just remember to dress the salad just before eating as it becomes very soggy when the radish releases its waters when it comes in contact with salt.

Carrot and Radish Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 medium sized carrots
• 1 medium sized radish
• 6 cashew nuts
• 6 almonds
• 4 walnuts
• 1 tbsp white sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp honey
• Handful of coriander leaves
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method:

• Grate the carrots and radish and mix it together in a bowl.
• Finely chop the coriander leaves and add this to the grated carrots and radish and mix it together.
• Cover and refrigerate until its time to serve.
• Chop the nuts into very small pieces and dry roast them in a dry pan until they are crisp and slightly brown.
• In the same pan, add the sesame seeds when the nuts are almost crisp and stir until the sesame starts to pop. Let it cool and keep aside.
• When you want to serve, prepare the dressing by mixing together the lemon juice, olive oil, honey, salt and pepper into a smooth emulsion.
• Drizzle the dressing on the salad and sprinkle the crisp nuts and sesame seeds and serve immediately.