You can make or prep all of your noodle
salad components in advance, but store the dressing separately from the salad ingredients, as the noodles and veg tend to get soggy as they sit in the sauce.
For those unable to attend, read the prebiotic and probiotic discussion in this post for tips for those two true microbiome
supporting salad components.
As with all salads, if you're not using all four servings of this Strawberry Steak Salad at once, make sure to build the servings you are using and then store the
different salad components separately, undressed.
Protein is an
essential salad component for several reasons: it boosts satiety, revs metabolism, and provides the raw materials for maintaining or building lean tissue, including both muscle as well as hormones, healthy hair, skin, and immune cells.
I often like to include diced up smoked tofu, which makes for a nice replacement for the traditional
Cobb salad components of diced chicken and bacon.
Salad components include... Butter beans Eggs (soft -, medium - or hard - boiled) Blanched green beans Boiled (or roasted) white and purple potatoes Radicchio Sorrel, should start popping up at the market early spring, has a tart / lemony flavor Canned or fresh sardines and / or tuna (today I used canned) Radish (or other spicy) microgreens Rye Croutons Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
You'll make and take home microbiome supporting, easy, practical, and company worthy salad dressings, toppings, and dip creations all the while learning about monounsaturates, polyunsaturates, carotenoid absorption, unadulterated EVOO sourcing, herbs (part of your 30 vegetables), proper preparation of plant sourced protein (qunioa / lentils / nuts / seeds), some TMAO, how to add true microbiome
supporting salad components.
I tossed some cilantro with a bit of olive oil and shoyu / soy sauce, and then pine nuts as
the salad component.
The salad itself has a ton of flavor, and the Garlic & Herb Chardonnay has just the right balance of subtle sweetness, and light flavors of oregano, rosemary, basil, and thyme that it highlights all of
the salad components, bringing them all together into one amazing taste experience.
You can make
the salad component ahead of time, them spit and pit and fill the avocado just before eating.
Before I learned to pack salad in mason jars or to make salads with wilt - free greens, I used to pack up all
my salad components in little individual containers.
Then toss all
the salad components together with the dressing and serve.
Today you're getting two recipes for the price one — a Green Chile Sausage recipe and a Composed Salad recipe that uses the green chile sausage as
a salad component.
So, basically you're creating
the salad components a few days in advance and tossing everything together a few hours ahead of your event.
For
the salad component I used cucumber ribbons, some freshly picked herbs like mint, coriander and basil.
When it's time to feed your loved ones, everyone can make their own plates and all you have to do is pull
the salad components from the fridge!!
Prep
the salad components and mix the dressing in a small jar.
But I also love to have all of
my salad components drenched in blue cheese creaminess.
Adding prebiotic and probiotic ingredients are two microbiome supporting
salad components.