Green Leafy Lettuce Salad with Avocado and Parmesan

I'd never before tried green leafy lettuce so figured it was about time that I did. After buying it I thought about what might go well with this gorgeous head of red and green lettuce, and the following recipe is what I came up with.

Salad Before Dressing Added

Ingredients

• 1/2 head of green leafy lettuce washed dried and ripped into bite size pieces
• 1 avocado peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks
• lemon juice
• garlic powder
• 2 Tbs. of roasted red peppers
• 4 thinly sliced red onion slices
• Baby Parmesan cheese thinly sliced (as little or as much as you like)
• 1/8 cup of sunflower seeds
• Salad dressing (I used Renee's Sweet Onion Vinaigrette) 

 Instructions 

Tear up your lettuce

Prepare the avocado

Toss and coat with lemon juice and garlic powder

Add avocado to the lettuce and gently toss

Add the roasted red peppers and gently toss

Add the sliced red onions

I use a vegetable peeler for my parmesan 

Add the parmesan cheese and toss gently

Just before you're ready to eat add your salad dressing and sunflower seeds.
Serve and ENJOY!

Baby Kale Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette

Your taste buds will smile with all the different flavors in this baby kale salad.

While at the Orillia market a few Saturday's ago, I discovered Yummies in a Jar. Tropical Summer is the vinaigrette I used for this particular salad. The ingredients that go into this include; peaches, cherries, kiwi, papaya, grapefruit, and lemon. It is oil free and tastes delicious.

If you live in the Orillia area you can find the Yummies in a Jar products at Apple Annies, or visit their store in Baysville.

Ingredients

• Baby Kale salad mix
• Thinly sliced red onion
• Grape tomatoes
• Dried cranberries 
• Walnut pieces 
• Tropical Summer Vinaigrette

Instructions

1. Start with your baby kale mix in the bottom of a salad bowl.
2.  Next add the thinly sliced red onion and grape tomatoes.
3.  Add about one - two tablespoons of the Tropical Summer vinaigrette tossing gently.
4. Add the cranberries and walnuts.
5. Serve and ENJOY!

Easy Broccoli Slaw

If you don't have time to grate all the broccoli to make a broccoli slaw salad you can buy the broccoli already grated and ready to go. This is one of the easiest recipes I've ever followed. 

Broccoli |Slaw

Ingredients for Broccoli Slaw

• 1 bag of grated broccoli 
• 3-4 green onions chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup of Hellmann's Mayo (or your favorite kind)
• 1 1/2 tsp. of cider vinegar 
• 1 tsp. of Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp. of sugar
• garlic powder
• fresh ground pepper (as little or as much as you like)
• 2 or 3 shakes of fine sea salt

Instructions 

1. In a medium size bowl add the grated broccoli and the chopped onions.
2. In a small bowl combine all of the other ingredients and whisk really well to make the salad dressing.
3. Pour the dressing over the broccoli and toss really well. 
4. Either cover and refrigerate until ready to use, or serve and ENJOY!

If you'd like to make this same salad from a head of broccoli with an olive oil and red wine dressing please follow my link.

Broccoli Slaw Salad

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