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They say things like "Never leave home without breakfast", "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day", "Skipping breakfast makes you sluggish" and other things. We don't deny that! Breakfast is absolute must. But then, the big question is, how long can one survive on dosa, upma, poha, oats, smoothies and sandwiches. Give your morning a kickstart with something new, different and absolutely delish. For those in the run, how about something quick, simple and nutritious as a breakfast salad. Yes, you heard that right! A salad for a breakfast. Before you get any more doubts, we insist you give the recipe a try and write back to us on how your mornings sped with this on-the-go dish.

Ingredients
For the salad:

2 red capsicums, de-seeded & roughly chopped

10 -12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half

1 cucumber, roughly chopped

6-7 lettuce leaves, torn

5-6 fresh basil leaves

6-7 chicken sausages, roughly chopped

10-12 boiled baby potatoes cut in half

1 fresh red chilli, de-seeded & finely chopped

For the salad dressing:
3 Tbsp red wine vinegar or lemon

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Salt & pepper to taste

2 tsp honey

5-6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions
Heat olive oil in a pan and saute the sausages and potatoes for not more than a couple of minutes on medium heat. Shake in salt & pepper

Toss in the red chilli and cook.

Now add the sausages & potatoes, give a good stir and put them aside in a platter.

In the 2nd pan, heat 2 olive oil.

Fry 2 eggs, sunny side up on low heat. Place them on the platter.

For the dressing:
Shake all the ingredients together in a jar.

Pour as much as desired onto the veggies and serve.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury