3 Holiday Salads and Dressings

• 總時間: 1 hour

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3 unique recipes so gorgeous and tasty, you’ll forget they’re good for you!

Festive quinoa salad

1-2 cups cooked quinoa

1-2 English cucumber, finely chopped

1/2 red onion, finely chopped

3-4 medjool dates, finely chopped

1 bunch parsley plus 1/2 cup mint, finely chopped

1 cup pomegranate seeds

Lemon Dressing

1/4 cup lemon juice

Zest of one lemon

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt and pepper

步驟

Mix well together

Pour over salad before serving.

Crisp apple Fennel crunch salad

Romaine lettuce

1 small or 1/2 large fennel, thinly sliced (I use a mandolin)

2-3 carrots, in ribbons (can use a mandolin or vegetable peeler)

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

5-6 stalks celery, thinly sliced

1 green apple, chopped and coated in lemon juice so it doesn’t brown

1/2 cup craisins (I use Low sugar)

1/2 - 3/4 cup pomegranate seeds

1 cup chopped toasted or candied pecans

Honey lemon vinaigrette

1/4 cups lemon juice

1 tbsp honey

Zest of one lemon

Salt and pepper

1/4 cup olive oil

Mix together and pour over salad before serving.

Orange, beet and pistachio salad

Mixed lettuce

4-5 stalks celery, thinly sliced

4-5 radish, thinly sliced

2 oranges, peeled and segmented

3/4 cups chopped pistachios (roasted and salted)

2 beets, finely diced

3 medjool dates, finely chopped

1 cup pomegranate seeds

Handful of fresh mint, finely chopped

Balsamic vinaigrette with steeped onions

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup

Salt and pepper

1/3 cup olive oil

1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced

Mix vinegars, maple syrup, salt, pepper and olive oil well. Add in onion and let sit at least an hour to marinate and soften.

Pour over salad before serving.