Abalone salad

Recover from a month of festive binging with these refreshingly simple, yet satisfying meals.

Eat right - Part 1.

Ingredients (serves 2):
2 sticks celery, thinly sliced
6 stalks Chinese celery leaves
2 carrots, shredded
1 white radish, shredded
8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
5 white button mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup Japanese sesame salad dressing*
1/4 tsp Japanese hot mustard*
1 can abalone, drained and julienned
A handful of dried nori seaweed, sliced

Method:
1. Mix the celery, Chinese celery, carrots, white radish, cherry tomatoes and button mushrooms in a salad bowl.
2. In another small bowl, mix the Japanese sesame salad dressing and hot mustard till smooth.
3. Arrange the abalone slices on the vegetables and sprinkle with nori seaweed. Then serve, with the dressing at the side.

Tips:
* Available at Meidi-ya supermarket, Sakuraya Fish Market or the Japanese section of selected Cold Storage outlets.

Recipe source: Simply Her magazine (Jan 2009)