Favorite Everyday Salad
A simple, versatile salad with mixed greens, avocado, cucumber and carrots that's easily adaptable and easy. Try it with our tangy Dijon mustard vinaigrette.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups mixed greens washed and spun dry
- 1 cucumber peeled and sliced (see notes)
- 1-2 apples peeled, cored and chopped (see notes)
- 1 avocado pitted and diced (see notes)
- 1-2 carrots peeled and chopped
- Pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Wash and spin mixed greens if needed.
- Place mixed greens in a large salad bowl.
- Peel the cucumber and sliced it in half lengthwise. Then scoop out the seeds using a teaspoon. Place each cucumber half cut side down on the cutting board and cut into slices. Add to the salad bowl.
- Core and chop the apples. Add them to the salad bowl.
- Cut the avocado in half. Remove the pit. With the avocado still in the skin, cut the avocado into pieces. Then scoop it out with a spoon. Alternatively, you can scoop out the avocado, lay each side cut side down on the cutting board and dice them. Add to the salad bowl.
- Peel and chop the carrots. Add them to the salad bowl. Not is the time to separate out the ingredients for a deconstructed kids salad.
- Add a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper and toss the salad. Don't skip this step. Adding a little salt and pepper really adds flavor.
- Serve with Dijon mustard vinaigrette or your favorite dressing.
Notes
*Some salad greens come pre-washed and you can skip washing them if that's the case.
*If you're using regular cucumbers, as opposed to English cucumbers, after you peel and slice the cucumber in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds. (English cucumbers come wrapped in plastic and tend to be longer than regular cucumbers They don't have large seeds, so there's no need to scoop them out).
*I don't peel the apples because the red color looks nice in the salad and the peel provides fiber.
*To keep the greens fresh, add a paper towel to the airtight storage container. Doing this absorbs any extra moisture which helps to keep the salad greens fresh and crisp.
*To keep the avocado with a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice. Alternatively, you can toss it with a little of the dressing you’re going to serve with the salad. Another option is to wait to add the avocado until just before serving the salad.
*If you're serving this to young children, be mindful that the ingredients will need to be cut in sizes to minimize choking hazards.