It's Slaw Crazy!

This is an absolute favorite salad of mine, a switch from your run of the mill salad for lunch or dinner.  It has spicy, it has sweet, it has salty, it's a party in your mouth, satisfies all your cravings and it's delicious.  Now what other dish has that all in one bowl?!  You can try it with different dressings, maybe a sweet and sour dressing, a hummus dressing, or a sweet balsamic dressing.  In the summer I usually make my own homemade dressings with fresh berries and balsamic, I mash the berries into the balsamic then pour on the salad.  Recipe below.

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I always pull everything out when I am making something, so I don't have to keep running around the kitchen, makes life easier.

Start building - slaw, oranges and cucumber....

 Cranberries, pecans and right before serving, top with garlic ginger crispy won ton strips....

 Toss with a light Asian Sesame salad dressing.  Delicious, flavorful, crazy good Broccoli Slaw Salad.

Broccoli Slaw Salad

Ingredients

1/2  bag of broccoli slaw (see note)

2 snack size containers of Dole mandarin oranges

1/2 English cucumber

1/4 cup Craisin dried cranberries

1/4 cup Emerald glazed pecans

1/2 cup Fresh Gourmet crispy garlic ginger won ton strips

1/4 - 1/3 cup Ken's Asian Sesame Salad Dressing, Paul Newman also has a good Asian dressing

Directions

To a salad bowl, add the broccoli and fluff it up.  Drain the mandarin oranges in a strainer, add to the bowl. Peel the cucumber, or if you like leave the skin on, cut it in half and then slice so you have moon shapes. Sprinkle on the cranberries, separate them if they are stuck together.  Add the pecans, and top with won ton strips. Toss with dressing and serve.

NOTE:  I used 1/2 bag of broccoli slaw and it served three people.  A whole bag with all the other ingredients will probably serve at least six.  You can add all kinds of fruit to this, I've used blueberries, strawberries, fresh pineapple, almonds instead of the pecans, golden raisins instead of the cranberries.  Mix it up and be creative, just start with the slaw and go from there.

Kale and Sweet Apple Salad With Brown Sugar - Apple Cider Dressing

I am so addicted to this Sweet Kale Salad mix from Costco.  It comes as a kit with dressing, cranberries and pumpkin seeds, but I am making up my own salads, just using the greens from the mix, adding other things and then making my own dressing. 

I started with the greens, an Empire Apple - cored, sliced, and drizzled with lemon juice (no browning), some sliced almonds and Craisins.  The dressing - 1/4 cup of no pulp orange juice, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup canola oil, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of sesame seeds, salt and pepper to taste.   Shake in a shaker or whisk together.  Dressing will separate, so shake or stir before pouring.  Makes 1 cup. Store any leftover dressing in the refrigerator.

 Pretty salad, good for you and tasty to boot- dig in!