Take-out Tuesday, Rainbow Salad

the Painted Apron

4 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

Serve it with this easy Almond Butter Dressing

It has a lovely Asian flavor

Garnish with sliced or Buttery Almonds

Very different and a nice change up!

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

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

Buttery Almonds

These sweet and savory almonds are a wonderful addition to salads, vegetables and party dips. They only take a few minutes to make and can be stored in a jar and will stay fresh for weeks

Course condiment

Cuisine American

Keyword almonds, buttery almonds, sweet and savory almonds

Prep Time 10

Cool 15

Ingredients

2 cups sliced almonds
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp olive oil
brown sugar
kosher salt

Instructions

Saute almond slices in a large skillet in butter and Olive oil over medium heat
Sprinkle the nuts liberally with brown sugar and Kosher salt.
The brown sugar will melt and caramelize on the nuts. Stir often and watch carefully so the nuts don’t burn. Don't walk away, this literally only takes 3-4 minutes
When they have begun to brown turn out onto wax paper or foil to cool. Store in a jar in your pantry or freezer. Makes 2 cups.