Vinaigrette!
For the vinaigrette, combine the following in a jar and shake it up. Alternatively, whisk it together in a bowl - not made of aluminum. Aluminum + vinegar = gross flavor...because of science.
Vinaigrette Ingredients:
1 cup olive oil
1/4 balsamic pomegranate vinegar
1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
1/3 cup cherry juice
1 healthy squirt raw agave nectar
1 squirt vegan (check the ingredients for honey!) dijon mustard
1 dash salt (to taste)
1 dash white pepper (to taste)
1 dash paprika (you guessed it - to taste)
sprinkling of raw sesame seeds, raw sunflower seeds, and raw-ish slivered almonds*
Salad!
I use a veggie peeler instead of chopping my cucumbers and carrots to get nice long strips of them. Then I slivered up a little bit of onion and added that in, as well. As a German, I like onion at every single meal.
Salad ingredients:
1 carrot per person
1/2 cucumber per person
2 slivers of onion per person
*For information on the drama surrounding "raw" almonds, click here.
