Canadian Summer Salad with Sunflower Seed Dressing

1 head leaf or Boston lettuce
1 cup green beans, blanched
12 cherry tomatoes
1 cup snow peas, stems removed
1 cup bean sprouts
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 head cauliflower, broken into florets
1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds, shelled
1/2 cup grated old Cheddar cheese

Dressing:
1/3 cup sunflower seed oil
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper

Directions:

Break the lettuce into bite sized pieces. Cut the green beans and tomatoes in half. Combine all the prepared vegetables in a large bowl.

To make the dressing, combine the sunflower seed oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk briskly with a fork. Pour over the salad and toss.

Toss the dressed salad with the sunflower seeds and grated cheese. Serves 8.

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Comments from olga :

Sunflower seeds salted in the shell are a most favoured snack on the Prairies, their popularity bolstered by the rumour that it takes more calories to get at the seed and eat it, than there are in the seeds. At summer resorts like Gimli and Winnipeg Beach, the summer residents spit seed shells and tell salty stories until their tongues are numb.

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submitted by cristiekline on December 06, 2006

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