Our Favorite 3 Ingredient Salad-

Salad is a staple in our home. We enjoy a nightly salad with our dinner. Sometimes I use lettuce/greens as a base and sometimes I don't. This easy salad is one of my favorites and does not contain any lettuce greens and is made with just 3 basic ingredients. 

Snow Pea Salad With Creamy Tahini Dressing

Do you love an interesting salad? 

This flavorful Asian salad is made with sliced snow peas, radishes, scallions, and cilantro. It is served over a bed of greens and topped with a generous amount of thinly sliced almonds. 

It gets tossed  with a creamy tahini dressing (recipe below)- and then topped with sliced almonds and toasted sesame seeds. 

Slice red onions into rings and then cut each ring in half.

Ingredients:

12 ounces of snow peas, washed, strings removed and cut in half lengthwise

10 ounce bag of shredded carrots

1 cup of sliced radishes

1 cup of sliced scallions 

1 cup of chopped cilantro or parsley

1 cup of sweet red onion, sliced in half moons

Salad greens to cover the bottom of the salad bowl

2 tablespoons of toasted sesame seeds

2/3 cup of sliced almonds

Directions: 

Assemble ingredients (except almonds and sesame seeds) in a large salad bowl. Toss in the tahini dressing. Before serving,  top the salad with the sliced almonds and toasted sesame seeds. 

Creamy Tahini Dressing 

Ingredients: 

4 tablespoons of tahini 

1/4 cup of lemon or lime juice

1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder

1/4 cup of water

2 tablespoons of maple syrup or agave

Salt and cracked pepper to taste

Directions: 

Combine the tahini, lemon juice, and garlic powder in the food processor. While running add the water and maple syrup through the shoot. Process until well blended and creamy. Taste and add salt and cracked pepper if needed.