These salads are really quite simple to put together but they are so flavorful that even salad skeptics will be smackin’ their lips.
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This exact salad made an appearance on the blog many months ago but without a proper recipe to go along with it. As with most salad recipes, you can change up the ingredients–take out what you don’t like/have and add what you like/have. Peter likes to make this type of salad with other ingredients including chick peas, corn and grilled calamari.
It’s really the ‘dressing’ that is key.
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Black Eyed Pea Shrimp Salad
Originally seen in this post.
Ingredients:
- 1 large tomato
- 2 celery stalks
- 1/2 large green pepper
- 1/2 small red onion
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 cup black eyed peas, cooked
- 7-10 large shrimp, grilled
For the Dressing:
- 1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
- 2 TBSP rice wine vinegar (you can use white wine, apple cider, balsamic…)
- 1 TBSP fresh lime or lemon juice
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp sugar (or sweetener of choice)
Directions:
Chop all ingredients (excluding the black-eyed peas) into small pieces of roughly the same size. In a large bowl, combine the dressing ingredients and whisk with a fork until well combined. Toss in veggies, beans, and shrimp.
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Beet Orange Feta Salad
Originally seen in this post, adapted from Bon Appetit
Ingredients:
- 1 large or 3 small beets, roasted/steamed + chopped
- 1 medium orange
- 1/2 medium avocado, sliced
- 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbles
- spring mix
- olive oil + salt + pepper to taste
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Slice the orange into wedges and squeeze the remaining juice into the salad. Add olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
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Get your veggies on!