Spring Salad Greens
A simple salad of spring greens ~ swap ingredients according to what is growing in your garden and local farms.
Keep it simple or add veg you happen to have and love like ~ any leafy salad greens, radishes, red cabbage, radicchio, endive, carrots, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocados, herbs, nuts and seeds.
- Serves4
- Cooks in 0
- Prep time 5 mins
- High Fibre
High fibre foods are an important part of a healthy digestive system. Whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are high in fibre.
- Prep in Advance
- Vitamins Minerals
- Eat the Rainbow
- Grain Free Oil Free
Ingredients
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Method
Spring Salad Greens
WASH all your salad greens – a salad spinner is a great bit of a kitchen kit!
LARGE LEAVES – slice or tear to everything is in similar sized pieces.
TOSS salad ingredients together, drizzle with a few teaspoons of salad dressing to serve.
STORE salad un-dressing in the fridge in a glass container with a lid.
Serving Ideas & Dressings
with a splash of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
Oil-free Mustard Garlic Vinaigrette
Oil-free Orange Vinaigrette
Chive & Thyme Herbal Dressing
Asian Style Dressing
Smokey Tahini Sauce
Orange Cider Vinaigrette
Lemony Dijon, Mustard Salad Dressing
Dill Tahini Sauce
Simple Lemon Vinaigrette
Chef tips + Ingredient Swaps + Ideas
*SALAD GREENS = arugula, mizuna, crispy baby lettuces, oak leaf, baby spinach, baby kale, pea shoots, micro-greens.
ADD HERBS – fresh chives, chervil, parsley, dill, thyme flowers, violet.
ADD EDIBLE SPRING FLOWERS – violets, dandelion, clover, wood sorrel, redbud, ground ivy, forsythia, chives, thyme, savoy, chickweed, sorrel,
ADD any leafy salad greens, radishes, red cabbage, radicchio, hakurei salad turnips, kohlrabi, celery, fennel, endive, frisee, carrots, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocados, herbs, nuts and seeds
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