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Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

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Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad has organic mixed salad greens, fresh garden herbs like basil, cilantro, and parsley, shredded carrots, thin-sliced onion, and cucumber ribbons. Enjoy this fresh, herby Summer salad with your favorite salad dressings!

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Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Hi Everyone, we have been using the fresh greens and veggies from our organic CSA share box all through the Summer.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

This Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad recipe is one of the many salads that we have made this Summer season. 

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

I used freshly picked herbs from our Kitchen Garden like basil, cilantro, mint and parsley.

The little white flowers in the photos of this salad are cilantro flowers.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

A Kitchen Sink Salad

I added chopped vegetables like celery, green sweet peppers, Kohlrabi and yellow onion – it has a little bit of everything!

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

In our family, we love to have a fresh salad with every meal to get our greens in.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

I’ll usually make a huge salad that can last for a few meals as apart of our meal prep a few times a week to make sure we always have fresh salad.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad
Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Many nights for dinner (or even lunch), I will do a huge bowl with salad, protein pasta, veggie burgers (or another protein) with a dressing all in one dinner bowl and it’s delicious.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

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This salad is a great way to just use up whatever veggies you have in your produce drawer.

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

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Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

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Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Yield: 4-6 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 11 minutes

Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad has organic mixed salad greens, fresh garden herbs like basil, cilantro and parsley, shredded carrots, thin sliced onion and cucumber ribbons. Enjoy this fresh, herb-y Summer salad with your favorite salad dressings!

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces mixed salad greens, washed and dry
  • 1 English cucumber, skinned and cut into ribbons
  • 1-2 stalks celery, ends cut and diced
  • 1-2 sweet pepper, chopped
  • 1 kohlrabi, skinned and sliced
  • 1/4 yellow onion (or substitute the same amount sweet onion)
  • 1/2-1 cup shredded carrot
  • fresh basil leaves, chopped, amount to taste
  • fresh cilantro leaves (and or flowers), chopped, amount to taste
  • fresh mint leaves, chopped, amount to taste
  • fresh parsley, chopped, amount to taste

Toppings

  • Your favorite salad dressings, amount to taste
  • Kosher salt, amount to taste
  • fresh ground black pepper, amount to taste

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl or salad bowl add the salad greens, cucumber ribbons, chopped celery, kohlrabi, onion, carrot and herbs (basil, cilantro and parsley). Toss to combine and serve with your favorite salad dressing, Kosher salt and pepper, enjoy!Carrot Cucumber Ribbon Mixed Greens Salad

Notes

  • serve with your favorite dressing, search "dressing" in the search box on the blog for some ideas.
  • we use a food processor for shredding carrots, it makes short work of it!

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 93Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 271mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 4gSugar: 7gProtein: 3g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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© Sara Maniez
Cuisine: American / Category: Veggies and Sides

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