I was sitting at work brainstorming recipes for my blog and I was just craving salad. I’ve been eating loads of unhealthy food lately, so it was like my body was telling me “Eat something healthy!” Normally, I don’t like salad very much. It’s always the same thing – lettuce, some other veggies, and then a dressing. Not very interesting. So I set out to make one I actually was excited to eat. The result was this lychee salad. It’s fully vegetarian and a treat for your tastebuds. Lychee is a fruit found in many Asian countries. It’s very sweet and refreshing to eat. Normally it comes encased in a red skin with a large seed at the center. However since it has to be imported to the States, I usually buy it in a can. It comes in this very sweet syrup that I normally throw away, but I thought why not use some of this syrup too. So I used some of it to create this lychee vinaigrette. I used 4 tablespoons of the lychee syrup, 3 tablespoons of walnut oil, 2 teaspoons rice vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of vinegar. This vinaigrette was surprisingly good! […]
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