Delightful Dinner Salad with Balsamic Dressing

Mediterranean/Vegan Diet

Salad Ingredients

• 5 ounces baby spring greens or your preferred mix of greens
• ¼ small sweet onion, thinly sliced
• 4 Campari tomatoes (cut into quarters) or 12 whole grape tomatoes
• 3 large radishes, thinly sliced
• 1 medium carrot, cut in julienne strips (peeling is optional)
• 4 to 6 tablespoons Laura’s Favorite Balsamic Salad Dressing (BELOW)
• Sea salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

How to make the Salad

1. Put one-quarter of the baby spring greens into each of four salad bowls.
2. Arrange 4 tomato quarters (or 4 grape tomatoes) around the perimeter of each bowl.
3. Scatter one-quarter of the radish slices and one-quarter of the onion slices over the greens.
4. Put the carrots in a little mound over the top of the greens, in the center of the salad.
5. Drizzle each salad with 1 to 1½ tablespoons of dressing.
6. Add sea salt and black pepper, if desired and serve.

Laura's Favorite Balsamic Dressing Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons PAPA VINCE extra-virgin olive oil
• 1½ tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon Dijon or spicy brown mustard
• 1 tablespoon PAPA VINCE balsamic vinegar

How to make Balsamic Dressing

1. Put all of the ingredients into a small bowl and briskly whisk until emulsified.

Preparation Time

• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Salad Serves: 4 people
• Balsamic Dressing Makes: about 1 / 3 cup

Recipe from Vegan For Everyone by Laura Theodore. Published by Scribe Publishing Company, ©2020. Reprinted by permission.