Salad to go with Hummus dressing

I am continuing taking lunch every day, when I want a change from the big batch of soup made on the weekend, I try to take left overs or salad.  I found this way of packing salad for lunch this means that I can make several salads and have them sitting in the fridge ready to pick up and take in the morning.

So that I do not have the same salad every day, I mix up the ingredients, based on what is in the fridge and also mix up the dressing.  I love hummus, and I nearly always have some in the fridge, either home made or bought, as it makes a healthy snack with carrot sticks. So I decided to make a dressing out of it.

Hummus Dressing

• 1/4 cup of hummus 
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon of water
• 1 sprig of fresh mint chopped
• 1 sprig of fresh basil chopped.

Place the dressing in the bottom of a large plastic container

Crisp lime avocado and chick pea salad

This time of year is full of parties, drinks, rich food and little to no exercise, so for the annual Christmas potluck at work I like to make a light crisp salad to counteract all the damage I am doing to my body.

This year I am into avacodo's in a big way and often have a salad with avacado in it for my lunch or dinner, so I decided to make an avacado salad with a south west twist.  This made a potluck salad for 12.

One large avacado chopped into large chunks
Grated zest from one lime
One can of chick peas
Small bunch of cilantro chopped.
3 Hearts of romaine lettuce

Dressing ingredients

• Juice from 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons of white balsamic vinegar or a good white wine vinegar with a pinch of sugar
• 1 bunch of green onions chopped
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic grated or crushed
• 1 teaspoon of salt

Put the avacado in to the bottom of a large bowl and add the zest of the lime.