WONDERMOUS WINTER SALAD …with Maple Balsamic Mustard Dressing
A bright salad for dreary winter days. Exactness not require! Fling open your refrigerator and pantry and see what you have to use for your starter, then grab a few goodies to spiff up just the way you want it! Use different grates, slices, chops, shreds and such for added “personality” to your salad.
Course Dressings, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword fruit salad, salads, winter salad
Author Wendy Perry
Ingredients
WONDERMOUS WINTER SALAD Combine and toss:
several kinds of lettuce
3 kinds of cabbage (shredded savoy because I like the ‘ruffly look’ along with some fine grated purple for specks of color, and a bit of regular green cabbage, because I had some on hand)
“Cuties”…. those fun little winter Clementines (these are seedless and so easy to peel, so get your kiddos to do that part)
pomegranate… because they are pretty, seasonal and add great crunch and texture!
a handful of sugar snap peas… because I had them in my produce drawer (just do a quick blanch in boiling water for one minute, then drain and cool rapidly with cold water)
sprouts… because, again, I had some in my produce drawer and it also looks pretty (and why not one more layer of flavor?)
carrots… long shreds, because of the color, and it’s FUN!
little cubes of roasted butternut squash… because I had some (sweet potatoes and beets are great too)
thin slivers of red onion… for flavor and color (cut really thin with my inexpensive $19.95 mandolin)
a handful of dried cherries (or any dried fruit is good)and 3 kinds of seed… sunflower, pumpkin and my FAV, toasted sesame seed!! (I keep a jar by my stove and use almost like salt for added flavor, especially for my personal chef clients that want no added salt)
MAPLE BALSAMIC MUSTARD DRESSING Put all in jar and shake:
1cupgarlic olive oil
½cupbalsamic vinegar
¼cupClementine (or tangerine or orange) juice
¼cupreal maple syrup (or honey or molasses)
1heaping TmutardI like a grainy mustard
½teaspoonsea salt
lots of freshly ground black pepper
Notes
Save a few pretties from salad ingredients for garnishing the top like in the picture. Star fruit is a nice addition for that!
Drizzle with dressing as served to keep the salad from flopping and getting all soggy.
Twisted: For an Asian twist, shake in 1 tablespoon sesame oil and toasted sesame seed!