Mardi Gras Salad
A healthy festive salad that features all the colors of Mardi Gras!
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
Increase ingredient amounts to make a larger batch of dressing
*I like to use this at room temperature