10. Jicama Salad Recipe

I have been LOVING Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.  Jamie is a celebrity chief who started looking at the way some West Virginia families ate, what the kids were feed by the school system and why the common diet of processed food and snacks is so damaging to our health.

I happened to be watching the show while simultaneously doing my weekly meal planning.  So for last week's "Taco Tuesday" (by-the-way, my already obsessive meal planning as taken on a life of it's own including rotating themes for each day of the week.  That rhyme.  But that's another blog post...) I decided to ditch the canned beans and processed Spanish rice and instead try a nice and fresh Jicama salad. 

It was simple, and went GREAT with the Mexican.  Hope you like it too:

Ingredients

1 jicama, peeled and julienned

1 red bell pepper, seeded and julienned

2 green onions, sliced thin

2 Tbsps cilantro, diced

1 lemon, juiced

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp Tabasco Sauce

2 garlic cloves, diced

1/3 cup oil

Directions

1. Combine the jicama, red bell pepper, green onion, and cilantro.

2. In a small bowl combine the lemon juice, sugar, salt, Tabasco sauce, and garlic.

3. Drizzle in the oil and mix thoroughly.

4. Add the dressing to the vegetables to taste and serve.