This flavorful festive salad has all the colors of Mardi Gras
with purple, gold, and green ingredients
Romaine lettuce, baby spinach, green grapes,
cucumber slices and pistachio nuts,
golden yellow peppers and mandarin oranges,
purple cabbage and red onions
Beautiful colors and vibrant flavors!
You can assemble it in the morning,
then toss it with my favorite 2 minute
right before serving
Laissez le bon temps rouler!
Mardi Gras Salad
Ingredients
- romaine lettuce
- baby spinach
- green or red grapes
- cucumber slices
- mandarin oranges
- yellow bell pepper
- purple cabbage
- chopped red onion
- shelled pistachio nuts
Mustard Maple Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp red vinegar
- 1 Tbsp real maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Adjust ingredient amounts for the number of servings needed
- Tear lettuce and spinach into smaller pieces and put into a salad bowl
- Wash, slice and halve grapes and add to salad
- Add cucumber slices, drained mandarin oranges and diced yellow pepper
- Cut cabbage into slices and then cut the slices into pieces and add to salad along with chopped red onion
- Add shelled pistachios and toss with Maple Mustard vinaigrette or preferred vinaigrette
- This salad can be assembled early in the day and refrigerated and then dressed right before serving
Mustard Maple Dressing
- Combine ingredients in a small jar and shake to blend
- Refrigerate leftover dressing*
Notes
I hope you enjoy this colorful and healthy salad!
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