This salad has sweet mango, tangy green apple, and crunchy sunflower seeds. A very crisp, refreshing salad that can easily be made into a meal by adding grilled shrimp or chicken.
Mango and Apple Salad
Servings: 4
Calories: 260kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Large ripe mangoes peeled, pitted and sliced into 1/4" slices
- 1 leek white part only, very thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 unpeeled green apple cut into matchsticks
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro or flat-leaf parsley
- 3 Tbsp sunflower seeds roasted and salted
Instructions
- Place the mangoes, leek, and red pepper in a metal bowl and toss with the lemon juice and salt. Let marinate in the refrigerator 15 minutes to an hour.
- After marinating, stir in olive oil and apple slices.
- Right before serving, stir in the cilantro or parsley and top with sunflower seeds.
Notes
If making individual plates, add cilantro and sunflower seeds on top of each salad plate versus the whole bowl.