Think salads must be boring? Don’t settle for boring. Spice them up with these salad recipe ideas.

“I think so many times when people think of vegan food,or plant based food they think, ‘rabbit food.’ Well its true there is a certain amount of sticks,trees and twigs, but there are so many options and with just a little extra time you can put together a salad like this.”

salad recipes

Get Creative with Salad Recipes

I always try and start out with a green like kale, swiss chard, or collard in my salad. If you start a salad with a base of iceberg you have made a serious plant-powered half step. I would say there’s no real use for that type of lettuce in a meal, and you will get “the look” from me. Go the extra mile and be creative with the ingredients for any salad that’s a meal and you won’t be disappointed.

I think so many times when people think of vegan food or plant-based food they think,”rabbit food”. Well it’s true there is a certain amount of sticks, trees, and twigs, but there are so many options and with just a little extra time you can put together salad recipes like this:

Ingredients:

GREENS

Start by layering in some delicious greens as the base of your salad. Here are a few of my favorites.

Kale
Mixed greens
Spinach

ADD VEGAN PROTEIN

Vegan or vegetarian? You don’t  need to add meats to bulk up the protein. Instead, try:

Quinoa
Black beans

BRING ON THE FLAVOR

Once you’ve made a base of healthy greens and amped up that protein, it’s time to have fun with flavor!

Sweet corn
Roma tomatoes
Red onion
Green onion
Jalapeno
Zucchini
Cucumber
Baby bella’s
Cilantro lime
and those sexy, no SCHEXY California figs!

Salad Recipe

Top it all off with extra virgin and guacamole dressing and spicy corn tortilla chips – THAT is TC style! Keep being rockinawesome!!!