Red Salad

 I made this with my mom the night before I left for school, and it was delicious. As the name suggests, this dish is made with primarily red ingredients so it looks pretty on the table, and I always like salads with a few sweet things mixed in (like the apple and craisins), so this is a favorite. Enjoy!

*This would also be nice with some of the red swiss chard that is growing in the community garden right now mixed in!

Ingredients:

red leaf lettuce or mixed greens (bite size pieces)

red onion (few thin slices, halved)

red cabbage (few thin slices, chopped)

cherry tomatoes (few, halved)

radishes (few, trimmed and thin sliced)

craisins (dried cranberries, ½ c.)

1 beet (peeled, trimmed and grated)

red apple (unpeeled, washed and grated)

Dressing:

3 T. olive oil

1 T. red wine vinegar

1 clove garlic (minced)

1 t. sea salt

fresh ground pepper

1/2 t. dried oregano

Directions:

1. Wash fruit and vegetables. Allow to drip dry while making dressing.
2. Peel, chop or grate ingredients as instructed above.
3. Marinate grated beet and apple in the dressing.
4. Assemble the lettuce and the rest of the ingredients in a salad bowl, reserving a bit of each (except lettuce) for garnish.
5. Drain/drizzle the dressing (now red in color) and about half of the grated mixture, over the salad and toss together.
6. Arrange the remaining grated mixture and reserved veggies to garnish top of salad. 

Shopping list

red leaf lettuce or mixed greens

red onion

red cabbage

cherry tomatoes

radishes

craisins

1 beet

red apple

olive oil

red wine vinegar

garlic

salt

pepper

dried oregano

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