Oh my gosh, dove is trash…and just after peta certified them cruelty free (and vegan?)
I love a good salad, but a good salad is not what most people make. Most people just have leaves and a few raw veggies. No wonder it’s boring. My salads are a whole meal.
Base: Usually some sort of lettuce/green torn up or massaged (if using kale) with some S&P and some acid or a glut of oil.
Then it’s leftover grains or roasted veg.
Then protein, again, it’s usually leftovers like teriyaki tofu or seitan or something.
Then crunch: roasted chickpeas, raw veg like cabbage or carrots, nuts and seeds.
Then dressing: sometimes the protein comes with a sauce (like some chickpeas in a spicy sauce or stewed lentils) or I make a maple mustard dressing, or simple oil and vinegar, or an Asian chili oil style. Or something, rarely mayo but I do make it at home with aqua faba instead of egg.
Then random add ins like dried fruit or whatever raw veg needs to be used up. Maybe some croutons from my homemade sourdough that I didn’t use in time and froze…
It’s like a sandwich in a bowl. But instead of bread, it’s with lettuce. Or like a fridge cleaning soup, but salad instead.
Oh my gosh, dove is trash…and just after peta certified them cruelty free (and vegan?)
I love a good salad, but a good salad is not what most people make. Most people just have leaves and a few raw veggies. No wonder it’s boring. My salads are a whole meal.
Base: Usually some sort of lettuce/green torn up or massaged (if using kale) with some S&P and some acid or a glut of oil.
Then it’s leftover grains or roasted veg.
Then protein, again, it’s usually leftovers like teriyaki tofu or seitan or something.
Then crunch: roasted chickpeas, raw veg like cabbage or carrots, nuts and seeds.
Then dressing: sometimes the protein comes with a sauce (like some chickpeas in a spicy sauce or stewed lentils) or I make a maple mustard dressing, or simple oil and vinegar, or an Asian chili oil style. Or something, rarely mayo but I do make it at home with aqua faba instead of egg.
Then random add ins like dried fruit or whatever raw veg needs to be used up. Maybe some croutons from my homemade sourdough that I didn’t use in time and froze…
It’s like a sandwich in a bowl. But instead of bread, it’s with lettuce. Or like a fridge cleaning soup, but salad instead.
Sounds like we're on the same salald page, Liz! Send some over :-)
Happily!
Thanks for ignoring all my spelling and grammar mistakes, I think I was so hungry and passionate about salad…
I forgot to mention that hummus can make a great dressing if thinned out too!