Recipe Box, Rainbow Salad

the Painted Apron

6 years ago

Lighten up your menu with this healthy salad

It’s almost as good as finding a pot of gold!

It’s full of a rainbow of ingredients

You can serve it buffet style and let everyone choose the ingredients they want

Or you can chop it up and mix altogether

I made an Almond Butter Dressing

It has a distinct Asian flavor

Very different and a nice change from the expected

Rainbow Salad

A rainbow of healthy vegetables and an almond butter salad dressing makes a tasty meal or side dish. Add cooked chicken to make it heartier if desired.

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword fresh veggies, healthy salad, rainbow vegetable salad, veggie salad

Prep Time 15

Ingredients

coleslaw mix
Purple cabbage, sliced
Red peppers, chopped
baby carrots
Yellow peppers, chopped
Cucumber, sliced and quartered or spiralized
Baby Spinach leaves, torn
Sliced Almonds
Blueberries, washed and cleaned
Almond Butter Dressing
Buttery Almonds garnish

Instructions

Combine veggies in a bowl and drizzle with dressing
Spiralize the cucumber for added interest and sub any ingredient you like, keeping the rainbow in mind. Spiralized pear, carrot, zucchini, yellow squash would be great additions also
Dress salad with Almond Butter Dressing and garnish with buttery almonds if desired

Notes

Plan on 1/4 cup per person of each ingredient or adjust according to your needs and preferences

Add cheese, such as bleu, white cheddar, fontina, swiss, or meat, such as cooked chicken, ham, turkey, bacon, if desired

Almond Butter Dressing is adapted from Love & Lemons

Almond Butter Dressing

Course condiment, Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword almond butter, almond butter dressing, homemade salad dressing, salad dressing

Prep Time 10

Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

1/2 cup Justin’s Classic Almond Butter
1/4 cup Tamari or Soy Sauce
1 tsp. Ginger paste
1/2 tsp Minced Garlic
1/4 cup lemon juice { juice from 1 lemon}
2 tsp. canola oil
2 Tablespoon honey
3 T water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
2 T rice vinegar

Instructions

Combine ingredient in a jar and shake to combine. Stir almond butter into other ingredients, breaking up with a spoon if necessary.
You can make the dressing ahead, just let it sit at room temperature before serving

You can substitute your favorite ingredients, use tomatoes, strawberries, pears, yellow squash, anything you like and use any dressing you want. Add meat and cheese if you like for a complete main dish salad…