Eat the
Rainbow
Organic Veggie Salad
with Sunny Lemon Dressing
SERVES: 6 AS A SIDE SALAD, 4 AS A MAIN DISH | PREP TIME: 30 MINUTES | TOTAL TIME: 30 MINUTES
Want to celebrate the rainbow? Try this colorful salad bowl—it’s gorgeous to behold and bursting
with good4uSM summer veggies! Serve it as a side salad or make it a meal by adding grilled or
baked chicken or fish, baked tofu, or hard-boiled eggs.
INGREDIENTS
For the Sunny Lemon Dressing
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1 teaspoon organic lemon zest
Juice from 1 organic lemon
3 tablespoons Natural Grocers™ Brand Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 tablespoons plain unsweetened organic dairy-free yogurt
1½ teaspoons Natural Grocers Brand Organic Grade A Dark Maple Syrup
1 organic garlic clove, minced
¼ teaspoon Natural Grocers Brand Bulk Real Salt, plus more to taste
¼ teaspoon Natural Grocers Brand Bulk Organic Black Pepper, plus more to taste
For the salad
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1 large organic tomato, diced or thinly sliced
1 medium organic orange pepper, diced or matchstick cut
1 small organic yellow summer squash, quartered lengthwise and cut into thin slices
1 head organic green leaf lettuce, washed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces
1 cup organic blueberries
1 cup finely shredded organic red cabbage
1 medium organic purple carrot, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced
or cut into matchsticks
½ cup Natural Grocers Brand Bulk Organic Pumpkin Seeds, toasted
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INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Combine all the dressing ingredients in a
jar with a tight-fitting lid and shake well to
combine. Taste and add more salt, pepper,
or maple syrup as desired.
2.
Lay a bed of lettuce down on a large serving
platter or in individual salad bowls. To create
a rainbow, start at one edge and top the
greens with rows of the vegetables in the
following order: tomatoes, orange peppers,
yellow summer squash, blueberries, red
cabbage, purple carrot. Leave a space
between the yellow summer squash and
the blueberries to allow the greens to peek
through. Top with the toasted pumpkin
seeds and serve with a drizzle of dressing.
Alternately toss all the vegetables with the
dressing in a large bowl and top with the
pumpkin seeds just before serving.
