Pickled Veggie Salad

This tangy vegetable slaw will brighten up any dish.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 96 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 stalks celery
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
• 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
• 1 small cucumber, sliced
• 1 small white onion, sliced
• 4 teaspoons granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
• 0.25 cup olive oil
• 0.5 teaspoon black pepper
• 0.5 cup white vinegar
• 0.25 cup sesame seeds
• 0.33333334326744 cup teriyaki sauce
• 0.25 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the sesame seeds, and cook until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Scrape into a metal mixing bowl, and cool to room temperature.

Step 2

Whisk the vinegar, teriyaki sauce, black pepper, red pepper flakes, ginger root, and sweetener into the sesame seed mixture. Stir in the celery, green onions, carrots, bell pepper, cucumber, and onion into the sesame dressing until evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate until cold before serving.