Meat-Free Mondays - Mixing Bowl Salad
Posted on April 7, 2008 by
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.
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?
Artichoke hearts would be perfect in the salad. Too bad you’re missing all the other ingredients.
I think I have some kale in the fridge? Eh, time to hit the store!
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.