Simple Pressed Salad & Tahini Dressing
Ingredients:
1 head of cabbage, thinly shredded
3 carrots, cut into matchsticks
2 scallions, minced
1 apple, cut into matchsticks
1 tsp. sea salt
Combine cabbage, carrots, scallions, apple and sea salt in a large mixing bowl. Work the salt into the vegetables by squeezing and pressing with your hands. Place vegetables into a salad press and apply pressure for 1-2 hours. If you do not have a salad press (not many people do!) you can leave the veggies inside the mixing bowl and place a dinner plate on top of them. Then, put a heavy pot filled with water on top of the plate. Let that press for 1-2 hours. Pour off water that releases from the vegetables. Can eat as is, or combine with Tahini Dressing to make a mayo-less cole slaw.
Mix the greens, sprouts and edible flowers in a large bowl. Whisk raspberry jam, local honey, oil, raspberry vinegar, and sea salt. Top salad with Raspberry dressing.
Tahini Dressing
Ingredients:
1/4 cup toasted sesame tahini
2 tbsp. shoyu
2 tbsp. brown rice vinegar
1/2 tbsp. maple syrup
1/4 cup water
Whip up ingredients in a food processor or blender.
Spring Salad with Raspberry Dressing
Ingredients:
Baby mixed greens
Edible flowers
Sunflower Sprouts
1 tbsp. raspberry jam
1 tsp. local honey
1/3 cup walnut oil (or olive oil)
2 tbsp. raspberry vinegar
Pinch of Sea salt
Mix the greens, sprouts and edible flowers in a large bowl. Whisk raspberry jam, local honey, oil, raspberry vinegar, and sea salt. Top salad with Raspberry dressing.
Spring Greens & Naturally Smoked Turkey with Cranberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
4 cups mixed spring lettuces
8 ounces naturally smoked turkey, diced
2-3 red radishes
1/2 cup lentil sprouts
1/2 cup spring pea sprouts
Put spring lettuces into a large salad bowl and add diced turkey, radishes, lentil sprouts and pea sprouts. Dress salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette before serving. Yields four servings.
Cranberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
1/4 cup walnut oil
2 tbsp. champagne vinegar (or white wine vinegar)
1 tbsp. cranberry juice concentrate
2 tbsp. maple syrup
1 tsp. fresh sage, minced
Sea salt and pepper to taste
Whisk walnut oil, vinegar, cranberry juice concentrate, maple syrup and fresh sage. Add a pinch or two of sea salt and a shake of black pepper.
Bountiful Black Bean & Quinoa Salad
Ingredients:
2 cups black beans, cooked (can use canned beans)
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
2 cups water
1 red onion, peeled and minced
1 red pepper, deseeded and diced small
12 ounces, cooked chicken breast, shredded (drag a fork through cooked chicken breast to create shredded pieces)
1/4 cup cilantro
Juice of 2 limes
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. maple syrup (or other sweetener)
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp. cumin
Sea salt to taste
Rinse quinoa. Bring quinoa and water to a boil. Cover and simmer on low flame for 12-15 minutes or until all water is absorbed. In a large bowl, combine cooked quinoa with beans, red onion, red pepper, cooked shredded chicken, and cilantro. Whisk limes, red wine vinegar, maple syrup, olive oil. cumin and sea salt. Pour dressing onto black bean and quinoa salad and mix thoroughly. Yields 6-8 servings.
Udon Noodle and Arame Salad
Ingredients:
1 package Udon noodles
2 cups water
1 leek, cut on thin diagonals
1/2 cup cabbage, sliced thin
2-3 carrots, cut into thin matchsticks
1/4 cup arame, soaked
3-4 scallions, minced
1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
1 tbsp. maple syrup
1 tbsp. ginger juice (grate ginger and squeeze pulp to get juice)
1/4 cup shoyu
Cook noodles according to directions on package. In a separate pot bring 2 cups water to boil. Drop leek in and blanch for 2 minutes. Remove from the water, drain and put into a mixing bowl. Repeat the process with cabbage for 3 minutes, then carrots for 2-3 minutes. Drop arame into the blanching water, cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes. Drain arame and add to the bowl filled with blanched veggies. Drain cooked udon noodles and combine with veggies and arame. Whisk toasted sesame oil, lemon, maple syrup, ginger juice and shoyu. Combine thoroughly with noodles. Yields 6 servings.
Super Salmon Salad
Ingredients:
1 can wild salmon (with bones and skin)
1/2 red onion, peeled and diced small
1/4 cup parsley, minced
2 celery stalks, diced
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 tsp. honey
3-4 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Baby mixed greens
Whole grain crackers
Drain salmon and put into a mixing bowl. Mix with diced red onion, celery and parsley. Whisk olive oil, mustard, honey, apple cider vinegar and sea salt and pepper. Combine dressing with salmon salad. Lay salmon salad on a bed of baby greens. Serve with whole grain crackers. Yields two servings.
Crunchy Cabbage Salad with Sesame Maple Dressing
1 cup each finely chopped green and purple cabbage
1 cup grated carrots
1 green apple, diced
2-3 scallions, sliced thin
2 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
Combine all ingredients and coat with Sesame Maple dressing. Marinate for 45 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds.
Sesame Maple Dressing
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. toasted sesame oil.
1 tbsp. maple syrup
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tbsp. ginger juice (grate ginger and squeeze to obtain juice)
2 tbsp. shoyu or tamari
Combine all ingredients.
Spicy Watercress Salad with Pomegranate Dressing
Ingredients:
1 bunch watercress
1 cup daikon radish, cut into thick matchsticks
1 bunch sunflower sprouts
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tbsp. pomegranate concentrate
1 tbsp. maple syrup
3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar (or juice of 1 lemon)
Sea Salt and black pepper
Rinse watercress and toss with daikon radish, sunflower, carrots and pomegranate seeds. Combine olive oil, pomegranate concentrate, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and season with sea salt and pepper. Toss salad with dressing.
Sweet Beet Salad
Ingredients:
7-8 baby beets (small beets)
1/2 small red onion, peeled
2 cups water
2 tbsp. fresh dill minced or 1/2 tbsp. dried dill
Juice and zest of one lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
Sea salt
Black pepper
Bring beets and water to a boil. Reduce flame to medium and cook 35-40 minutes or until beets are soft. Remove beet skin and slice beets into 1/4 inch moons. Cut onion into thin crescents. Combine olive oil, lemon, dill, sea salt and black pepper and coat beet and onions. Marinate for 25-30 minutes, turning once or twice.
