4 dark side salad Recipes

tender young spinach, cooked seafood , chunked if needed, and chilled ( lobster, scallops. shrimp, mock seafood etc.) or amount as desired, mandarin oranges, red apple, sliced, toasted cashews or nuts, as desired, golden or dark raisins , as desired, red or white chopped sweet onion , as desired, salad dressings on the side : blue cheese, classic french, sweet vinaigrette, etc.

vegetable broth, water, black rice , soaked overnight (this is not the same as wild rice), black lentils (also called beluga lentils), fresh grated ginger, black radish, peeled and diced, kosher salt, tuscan kale , destemmed and sliced into thin strips (also called black or dinosaur kale), carrot , julienned (if you have purple s it keeps the salad a similar colour), black vinegar (chinkiang vinegar) or 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar, black garlic, mashed (you can omit this if you can tsp find it or use roasted garlic), raw agave nectar or 2 tbsp brown rice syrup, soy sauce, light olive oil, toasted sesame oil, black pepper, salt, black sesame seeds

dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed, granny smith apples - peeled, cored and diced, stalks celery, diced, red globe grapes, halved and seeded, creamy salad dressing , e.g. miracle whip