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feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: no cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories, while omitting cheese reduces cost.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is more budget-friendly.

lemon juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lime juice offers a similar tang, while vinegar is often less expensive.

red onion

🥗Healthier: green onion

💰Cheaper: white onion

Green onion has fewer calories and white onion is usually cheaper.

Wash the batavia lettuce thoroughly and place it in a container.

Add water to cover the lettuce along with half a cup of white vinegar and let it rest for 10 minutes to disinfect.

Wash and disinfect half a European cucumber, then grate it using a grater and reserve.

Wash half a carrot, remove its skin, then grate it and reserve.

Drain the lettuce and apply a chiffon or julienne cut very thin.

In a salad bowl, combine the lettuce, grated carrot, and grated cucumber, mixing all ingredients until integrated and set aside until serving.

In another container, prepare the dressing by adding two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of mustard, the juice of one lemon, a pinch of salt, and a pinch of ground black pepper.

Beat the dressing until integrated.

Serve the salad and add the dressing to taste.

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