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confetti salad with orange-cucumber dressing
Having mentioned that I have never been much of a salad person in my ramblings on Sunday evening, and also having a huge container of baby greens in my fridge that needed using, I was inspired yesterday to make my favorite salad dressing… Ani Phyo’s Orange-Cucumber Dressing is simply amazing!
It’s in her Raw Food Kitchen book, which was my first raw (un)cook book and I really like it. I will include the suggested salad recipe as it is a great mix but I throw in whatever I have as I figure salads are so good for you they should be easy, and because for me it’s really all about the dressing :)
Ingredients
salad
- 1/2 red leaf or romaine lettuce
- 1/2 bunch dinosaur kale – sadly, I think kale is hard / impossible to get in Australia so substitute with your fav. salad green
- 2 cups shredded red cabbage
- I cup walnuts
- 1/2 dried cherries – I prefer cranberries and they’re easier to find in the US but be not so in Australia/UK?
dressing
- 1 small cucumber, about 5 inches long, chopped
- 1 medium orange, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup cashews
- 1/4 cup EVOO
- 1 clove garlic – I always throw in extra garlic for good luck!
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- Juice of 1 small lemon
- 1 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Put all salad ingredients except the cranberries in a large bowl
- Place all the dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
- Toss the salad with the dressing and serve – garnish with cherries / cranberries
I love taking this for lunch – storing the dressing separately until I’m going to eat it obviously. I put on heaps of dressing so find that this recipe lasts me two servings, which works out well because I really only like the same thing for lunch two days in a row! Enjoy… and buy Ani’s book!
xx
Guide: raw vegan | whole food, plant based | gluten-free | sweetener-free | soy-free
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Hi, I am a little confused as to what EVOO is. Could you please let me know what this means. Thank you.
Hi Suzie,
EVOO is extra virgin olive oil, sorry!! Look for organic, cold pressed EVOO…
crv x