“We Are All Connected” Mega Salad

This beautifully healthy, satisfying entrée salad is loaded with color, texture, flavor, and high-level nourishment. The image above shows some variations to inspire you.

You’ll love the flexibility of design, which allows you to vary the ingredients based on what you have available, what’s in season, and what appeals to you. Check out those amazing dressing options as well! Here are the basic components for two hefty portions:

Four cups mixed leafy greens, such as organic Romaine lettuce, spinach, butter lettuce, baby kale, red leaf lettuce, etc. Combining light and heavy greens creates a substantive and appealing base

Two or more cups of colorful raw veggies, cut in bite-size pieces, such as carrots, zucchini, red bell pepper, cucumber, jicama, alfalfa sprouts, cherry tomatoes, grated beets (add before serving to avoid a purple salad), sugar snap peas, sunflower sprouts, etc.

Flavor-packed extras such as fresh orange chunks, dried cranberries, raisins or currants, diced apple, sliced Kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, capers, fresh herbs like basil, cilantro or mint

Heathy fats like fresh avocado, a scoop of hummus or tapenade, sunflower, hemp or pumpkin seeds, chopped almonds, pistachios, or walnuts.

A fresh, delicious homemade salad dressing, such as Creamy Chipotle Dressing, Creamy Feng Shui Dressing, Lemon Dreams Salad Dressing, Enlightened Ranch Dressing, or Sunny Citrus Dressing. 

Directions:

Gather and prepare your veggies and other additions. You can then either toss everything together in a huge bowl, or create a salade composée, a French technique that involves placing the various components individually on a large platter. You can also create a beautiful layered salad in a deep glass bowl, or individual stacked salads, which make a gorgeous presentation. Magnifique!