Green Island Salad

A zingy island salad with crispy grilled plantains and sweet bananas on a bed of mango, cucumber and watercress salad. It's sweet, sour, crunchy, warm and cold together and is a combination you want to enjoy!

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Boil the green bananas in their skin for about 10 minutes.

Step 2

Drain, peel and set aside.

Step 3

Pick the watercress, discarding woody stems.

Step 4

Peel and dice the cucumber and cut the firm mango into pieces and place in a bowl.

Step 5

Remove skin from ripe bananas.

Step 6

Cut the cooked green bananas and the ripe bananas into slices and grill. (Note: ripe bananas will only take 5 minutes, the green about 10-15 minutes.)

Step 7

When cooked set aside and allow to cool.

Step 8

For the dressing, squeeze the juice of the lemons into a bowl, making sure there are no pips or pith remaining.

Step 9

Mix juice with the oil and sugar until completely dissolved.

Step 10

Mix all the greens and fruit, except the grilled bananas, in a large bowl with the dressing.

Step 11

Lie the grilled bananas on top to serve.

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