Refreshing Salad with Grilled Oyster Mushrooms

Use your broiler to grill oyster mushrooms and add a crispy dimension to this fresh and light-tasting salad, which just happens to be vegan.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 312 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• 2 carrots, shredded
• ¼ cup olive oil, divided
• 16 ounces fresh oyster mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
• 1 cucumber, halved and sliced
• 2 tomatoes, halved and quartered
• 1 onion, sliced and separated into rings
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 avocado, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

Step 2

Toss mushrooms with 2 tablespoons olive oil and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Place in an oven-safe pan.

Step 3

Broil in the preheated oven, checking often, until crispy, 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 4

Combine cucumber, tomatoes, onion, green bell pepper, carrots, and avocado in a large serving bowl; toss gently.

Step 5

Pour remaining olive oil and lemon juice over salad; sprinkle salt to taste. Toss to combine.

Step 6

Place mushrooms on top of salad; toss again.