This salad is all about the dressing! It is sweet and tangy; it's delicious and takes about five minutes to throw together. There are a lot of ingredients in this salad, true. But it's mostly just raw vegetables...so grab a good knife and start chopping. If you want to add protein, baked tofu or shredded chicken work nicely. To save time I used pre-baked marinated tofu. You could also grab a rotisserie chicken. I haven't tried this, but I think you could put everything into a burrito sized tortilla to turn this salad into a wrap. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
I'm not listing quantities - make this salad as big or as small as you like....the dressing is enough for about five large dinner salads, in my opinion.
Chopped romaine lettuce
Brown rice, cooked and chilled (I used left over rice - so easy!)
Cucumbers, chopped
Carrots, shredded
Green onion, chopped
Raw button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
Red onion, sliced thin
Green bell pepper, sliced thin or chopped
Mandarin oranges, canned and drained (one can is enough for ~ 4 large salads)
Alfalfa sprouts, rinsed and patted dry
Sliced almonds
Ramen noodles, (I used one package for four salads - threw out the spice packet - just crushed the noodles into pieces and sprinkled over the salad just before serving)
Ripe avocado, sliced
Baked tofu, optional, sliced
Cooked chicken, optional, shredded
Dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
1 Tbl sesame oil
2 Tbl fresh squeezed orange juice (about 1 whole orange - or use juice from canned mandarins)
2 Tbl coconut aminos OR soy sauce (I used coconut aminos)
1 Tbl raw honey
3 Tbl rice vinegar
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbl sesame seeds
Instructions:
Put all dressing ingredients in a mason jar. Shake well. Set aside.
Add all salad ingredients to a bowl from romaine down to green bell pepper. Toss with as much or as little dressing as you like. Scoop salad into bowls. Top with mandarin oranges, sliced almonds, crushed ramen pieces and any of the other optional ingredients you might be serving. Enjoy!
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