This salad is an attractive and delicious way to encourage children to love fresh vegetables. Even picky eaters can choose to take just part of the salad that contains their favorite veggies. The creamy, dairy-free dressing makes the salad quite addictive! Use your child’s favorite fresh veggies or fruits to create the rainbow for the salad or use my combination below. The dressing recipe here is nearly identical to the Creamy Lemon-Dill Dressing recipe I posted a few years ago, with a few minor changes, so if you or your child has a sensitivity to nuts you can try this seed-based dressing.
Ingredients
Salad
2 heads
romaine lettuce
chopped
2
red bell peppers
diced
4 large
carrots
chopped
1 medium
cucumbers
chopped
½
red onions
diced
Turmeric Roasted Chickpeas
2 cups
cooked
chickpeas
rinsed and drained
1 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil
½ teaspoons
turmeric powder
¼ teaspoons
smoked paprika
¼ teaspoons
sea salt
¼ teaspoons
freshly ground
black pepper
Dressing
¼ cups
raw cashew butter
¼ cups
freshly squeezed
lemon juice
6 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil
6 tablespoons
water
2 cloves
garlic
peeled
1 teaspoons
dijon mustard
½ teaspoons
sea salt
freshly ground
black pepper
(to taste)
1 handfuls
parsley
