Charlicious Salad with Sweet Ginger Dijon Dressing
A little bit of this and a little bit of that equals a delicious and beautiful meal-in-itself salad. INGREDIENTS
Sweet Ginger Dijon Dressing
2 tbsp (30 mL) liquid honey
2 tbsp (30 mL) minced fresh ginger
1 tbsp (15 mL) Dijon mustard
2 tsp (10 mL) cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ tsp (1 mL) salt
Pinch of pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil
Salad
6 cups (1.5 L) lightly packed mixed greens
1 cup (250 mL) chopped mixed fresh herbs such as mint, dill, basil, parsley
1 carrot, grated
Half a cucumber, chopped
½ cup (125 mL) very thinly sliced red onion
½ cup (125 mL) cooked quinoa (or cooked wild rice)
½ cup (125 mL) each of corn, roughly chopped walnuts, and fresh blueberries
¼ cup (60 mL) pumpkin seeds
METHOD
Whisk together all dressing ingredients and toss with salad ingredients. Serve immediately. ● Makes about 8 cups of salad (2 L).
Delicious & Doable TIPS
Add chopped hard-boiled eggs, a can of drained tuna, or ½ cup (125 mL) chickpeas or black beans to salad for added protein.
Garnish salad with crumbled goat or feta cheese.
Charmaine Broughton is the host of ‘In Char’s Kitchen’, ‘In Char’s Kitchen Fitness Edition’ and author of ‘Delicious & Doable ~ Recipes for Real and Everyday Life’. Charmaine lives and loves life in Muskoka, with her husband, two boys, and two doodles.
