Simple Healthy Cooking - Warm Nutty Lettuce and Eggplant Salad

Ingredients:

½ head of lettuce, soaked, washed and broken into small pieces

1 long eggplant, cut lengthwise into 2 inch strips

1 kumara, cut lengthwise into 2 inch strips

1 small carrot, grated

100g shelled pistachio

50g pine nuts

Dressing:

3 tablespoons hempseed/ flaxseed oil

3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1-2 teaspoon maple syrup, optional

1. Drizzle olive oil onto eggplant pieces and kumara pieces and roast in the oven for 20 minutes (eggplant) to 30 minutes (kumara).
2. Mix dressing ingredients together.
3. Combine warm vegetables once cooked into the raw vegetables and mix in dressing. 
4. Add in the nuts just before serving.