Name: Summer Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup shredded carrots; 1 cup chopped cucumber; 1 cup purple cabbage; 1 red pepper, chopped; 2 tangerines, peeled; 1/2 cup cilantro; 10 green onions, chopped; 1 cup rice noodles, cooked; 1/2 cup cilantro; 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for 1 hour; 1/2 cup water; 1 lemon, juice of 1 lemon; 1/2 tsp sea salt

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Summer Salad. Summer is here, and we have all of this beautiful produce to create amazing salads with….so many choices to toss into your bowl! I especially love to make salads with vegetables or herbs that I have grown myself. For this recipe, I used cucumber, red pepper, carrots, purple cabbage, cilantro, tangerines and green onions. As a result, I have a beautiful and colorful healthy salad.

Ingredients For Summer Salad

If you have other vegetables that you love, toss them in as well. To give this salad more substance, we added rice noodles to the vegetables and fruits. The rice noodles are typically served hot in Pad Thai or other cooked dishes. I found that the rice noodles were a good addition and even though they added carbs, the salad was light, but still filling. The rice noodles take on the flavor of the surrounding vegetables or dressing to give you a filling and satisfying dish. The cilantro dressing was perfect for a flavor compliment for the vegetables and I suggest adding it on the side to allow everyone to decide how much dressing the prefer.

This recipe is vegan, gluten free, and dairy free and so simple that it is ready in less than 30 minutes. Perfect for all the eaters at your table.

: Chop vegetables

: Cook rice according to package directions

: Mix vegetables and rice noodles

Instructions For Salad

This salad is so simple that detailed instructions are really not needed. Basically, chop the vegetables and fruits, cook the rice noodles according to the package directions, blend the dressing in the blender, and enjoy! This salad is also perfect for left overs, but be sure that you don’t add the dressing until time to serve.

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Summer Salad

Summer Salad is perfect for a main course, or as a side dish. Bright, colorful and healthy vegetables combined with rice noodles and topped with creamy cilantro dressing. Vegan, gluten free, dairy free.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword ricenoodlesalad, summersalad, vegetablesalad

Diet Category Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, diary free

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings

Calories 287kcal

Author greenschemetv

Equipment

High speed blender

Ingredients

1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup chopped cucumber
1 cup purple cabbage
1 red pepper, chopped
2 tangerines, peeled
1/2 cup cilantro
10 green onions, chopped
1 cup rice noodles, cooked

Cilantro Dressing

1/2 cup cilantro
1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for 1 hour
1/2 cup water
1 lemon, juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

Cook rice noodles according to package directions.
Chop vegetables and add to bowl with rice noodles and mix well. Serve dressing on side.
For dressing, combine all ingredients and blend in high speed blender.

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Notes

Notes: For rice noodles, be sure to cook according to package directions. Rice noodles should be added to the boiled water, and remove from heat for 8-10 minutes.