Category: salad

Vegan Greek Salad with Oregano-Dijon Vinaigrette

Crusty french bread. It’s my downfall. I basically spend 41% of each day attempting to figure out, “What meal can I create that create a delicious vestibule to dip crusty french bread?” The answer, unfortunately for my carbohydrates intake, is pretty much everything.

Thankfully, this healthy Greek Salad leaves me full enough that my baguette-a-day addiction has dissipated.

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Ingredients
(serves 2)

Salad:

1/4 package kale
1/4 package herb salad mix (preferably with dill in it) or lettuce of choice
6 grape leaves, crumbled
2 tablespoons capers
1/2 cucumber, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 orange pepper, chopped
10 baby carrots, chopped
optional: 1/4 onion, chopped

Dressing:

1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard.
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes
Hearty sprinkle nutritional yeast (yay B12!)
salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

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1. Mix all salad ingredient in bowl. Add dressing and coat evenly.
2. If possible, refrigerate for an hour to let dressing soak in. Eat!
3. Yes, it’s okay to sop up the extra dressing with crusty french bread.

Vibrant Veggie Vortex + Dazzling Dijon Dressing

They say the more colors on your plate, the more likely you’ll be able to curb overeating. Or maybe they don’t; but it’s sure pretty to look at a spectrum of vibrant fruits and veggies and definitely slows me down when it comes to digging in.

So bye bye simple crudités and dip. This simple salad is way easier to assemble than it looks. Just slice, dice and arrange everything on a plate to your heart’s desire…and to emulate that way-too-perfect food blogger on instagram who always annoys you with food arrangements so pretty you don’t understand how anyone’s life can be so perfect (pro-tip: It probably took them 45 minutes to assemble everything, and by the time they get to eating that warm stack of vegan chocolate chip banana nut pancakes, they are cold.)

To quote Taylor Swift, This. Dressing. Is. Sick. Mix two parts olive oil, to one part balsamic vinegar, a teaspoon of nutritional yeast flakes and red chile pepper flakes and sea salt together. Transforms any blah “using up leftover veggies” salad into BOOM! Seriously.

Ingredients:
Whatever leftover veggies and fruits you have on hand

Directions:

Arrange prettily on plate and as symmetrically as possible. Try and remember to buy enough lettuce next time. Drizzle dressing on top. Pair with copious amount of crusty  French baguette.