After a few days of rich, cooked vegan dinners, I’m happy to get back to high raw and was craving plenty of fresh veggies for dinner. Good thing since I have a fridge full on them from having dinner out twice this week. And I had plenty of time to create a monster salad in the kitchen while hubby was parked on the couch playing with his birthday present from me. :-)
I have a huge OXO mandoline slicer that I only use for big projects, like loading my dehydrator with apple slices, but otherwise avoid on weeknights because it’s an ordeal to use and wash. My mom bought this cute, little Progressive Mandoline Slicer and gave it to me after getting frustrated with it. After using it for awhile, I have to say that I love it!
It’s tiny enough to fit in drawers with my other peelers, choppers, and small kitchen gadgets. It also has a nice safety locking feature that blocks the blade with a simple sliding switch making me less nervous about washing it. Oh, and it’s much faster and easier to wash, much. It also has a fast switch on the side to kick it into julienne mode for fries or shredding jicama for salads. So far it’s been a great tool for throwing together fresh salads quickly on weeknights.
Anyway, as usual I got carried away creating a super salad with spinach, multiple types of sprouts, avocado, carrot, red pepper, cucumber, tomatoes … whew!
So I decided to go simple for the dressing mixing some hummus, lemon juice, nutritional yeast and water in a bowl.
And coating the salad with it.
Monster dinner salad was served and very satisfying. It hit the spot for my fresh veggie craving!
I don’t worry about protein in a salad like this since it was loaded with sprouted lentils, alfalfa sprouts and hummus dressing. And it felt great enjoying a high-raw day today. Hopefully I can do it tomorrow too even though it’s supposed to be cold and rainy.
What’s your favorite salad dressing?
Looks like a great gadget and a great salad! I love hummus on salads…but usually I just drizzle a little oil (right now I’m obsessed with mac nut oil) and balsamic or lemon juice. Not much elaborate dressing making going on around here :)
I’ve never tried macadamia nut oil, but I’ve gotta find it – that sounds awesome!
That salad looks great…. i’ve also fallen off the high raw wagon this week.
I love tahini, lemon juice, agave and salt (thinned with a bit of water). So easy and yummy.
That sounds like a great dressing too, I’m a huge tahini fan that could eat it right out of the jar! :-P
Your salads always looks so great. Do you eat any type of bread or starch on evening that you have salad for dinner? I’m finding on high raw days that by the evening I really need / crave carbs- but I also haven’t sprouted any beans or grains lately so those are not a part of my raw foods during the day. Anyway, I do heed my body’s call and make a piece of toast with earth balance or a tortilla with dark chocolate. Just curious if find the salad “enough.”
I’m cuckoo for nut dressings right now. I pretty much throw hemp seed or cashews into anything and blend it up. LOL
Sometimes I do have bread, but not with this salad because it was so packed with sprouted lentils and hummus. And sometimes I’ll save room for dessert like banana soft serve. :-) I really need to make big batches of raw breads to store in my freezer again.
So true on hemp seeds, I’m been having a blast using as dressings and need some more time in the kitchen to create more recipes.
Eating a meal like this always feels so…refreshing and healthy!!
I’ve been craving giant salads like it’s nobody’s business..I even had one for breakfast this morning! I think I may make this exact salad tonight, looks amazing!!!
oh christine this dressing looks divine! i will definitely recreate it. i do love this wonderful tahini dressing they have at a local veggie restaurant. but i have a feeling yours could be better ;)