Sassy Salads

I have an announcement to make. Salads are not always rabbit food. I’m serious, guys. You might think it’s way too stereotypical for a vegan to post a salad blog – but here at my humble abode, we adore a good solid salad. My partner has been known to fill the largest tupperware possible with every vegetable, legume, and protein source available, then douse it in flax oil and balsamic vinegar. Inevitably, he gets a tummy ache.

My own salads are usually smaller, and are often loaded with caloric delights – spinach will only carry these legs so far, kids. Today, I made a salad for lunch with the following ingredients: baby spinach, shredded beets and carrots, broccoli, sprouts, sunflower seeds, cubed tofu, figs, and a dressing of flax oil/miso/rice vinegar/lemon juice/nutritional yeast.

The following are other salad suggestions for you to consider:

Avocado (duh) – Olives – Beans – Rice/Quinoa – Raisins/Dried Fruit – Soba Noodles – Roasted Vegetables – Artichokes – Apples/Pears – Fried or Breaded Tofu – Tortilla Chips – Banana Peppers – Hummus – Pickles

So far this list seems quite short. Please comment and post your own salad innovations, as well as dressing ideas. Good things for dressings in my opinion:

Miso – Flax Oil – Avocado Oil – Lemon Juice – Vinegar – Maple Syrup – Bragg’s – Nutritional Yeast – Silken Tofu – Salt – Mustards – Pepper – Cumin – Rosemary – Tahini – Agave Nectar

Please do not combine all of these into one dressing, as that would be disgusting.

I would also like to make some health and nutritional recommendations to those pondering a salad for their next meal. If you are vegan, especially, please make a proper salad. A vegan salad cannot be constituted solely of vegetables and then be deemed an adequate lunch or dinner. You must eat properly. Not doing so will result in body wasting away disease, and you will feel and look gross, and perpetuate negative stereotypes about vegans. And we will all resent you, and salads would resent you as well.