Family Size Salad

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Family Size Salad

This big salad serves up many choices for everyone and it is attractive and fun with minimal effort. Try it for dinner!

  • 8 cups kale (raw and ready to serve)
  • 2 cups cooked farro
  • 1 each sweet potato (microwaved until done)
  • 2 each avocados (peeled and diced)
  • 1/4 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 cup grated carrots
  • 1 cup sliced fennel
  • 1 cup sliced radishes
  • 1 each tomato (cut in wedges)
  • 1/2 each cucumber (sliced)
  • 4 each hardboiled eggs (peeled and sliced)
  • 1 tbsp chives (sliced)
  • 2 ounces salad dressing
  1. Prepare all the ingredients. Arrange on a large platter as shown with the lettuce on the bottom and the ingredients on the top.

  2. Chill until ready to serve.

  3. Let every one gather their own salad and provide a variety of dressings.

  4. Leftovers make a great lunch the next day.

Chef's Tips

  1. The work becomes very easy when you use a Japanese mandolin, available affordably online at Amazon or in most cooking stores. The idea is to use greens, veggies, roasted squash or sweet potato, a protein item like eggs, and whole grains. Feel free to use what you like or what is seasonal in your area.

Salad, Entree
Mediterranean, American, Plant Based
salad, plant based, dinner,

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

https://nutritioneducationstore.com
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