Meat-Free Mondays - Mixing Bowl Salad
Meat-Free Monday doesn’t have to involve a fancy recipe or a lot of work. Sometimes, it’s nice to just have a simple, throw together meal. Back in my single days, my favorite easy meal was what I called mixing bowl salad.
Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like — a salad so big that it’s made and served in a mixing bowl.
Mixing bowl salad varies depending on mood, and the contents of the fridge, but (in addition to lettuce) can include any combo of the following:
- roasted red peppers
- fresh peppers
- tomatoes
- avocados
- left over veggies, quinoa or rice
- olives
- walnuts
- slivered almonds
- the broken bits from the bottom of a bag of tortilla chips
- crumbled hard boiled egg
- cheese
- sun dried tomatoes
- dried cranberries
- sunflower seeds
- beans
My favorite dressing combo is some oil and vinegar mixed with a little sea salt, pepper, and tons of oregano.
The point is to make a salad that you can totally pig out on. I promise, you won’t miss the meat.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
that sounds perfect for dinner (too bad all that I have in the fridge is half a jar of artichoke hearts and a tub of earth balance butter). ah well, maybe next monday?
April 8th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Artichoke hearts would be perfect in the salad. Too bad you’re missing all the other ingredients.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:36 am
I think I have some kale in the fridge? Eh, time to hit the store!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:51 am
Kale? That’s some random empty fridge food.
I’m usually left with condiments when it gets to down to need to go shopping time. And some of them are usually questionable.