Author: Allie Riebe (Hamama Team Happiness Member) Prep: 10 minCook: 30 min Makes: 2 large salads Need a salad change-up? This one is packed with different flavors & textures and loaded with nutrients! It will be sure to fill you up too! Ingredients: - Spring Mix lettuce & Arugula- about 1 cup of each - Cooked Wild rice, slightly warm or cooled (can sub quinoa)- about ¾ cup - Carrot Shreds- about ¾ cup - ½- 1 Avocado, sliced - Raw Pumpkin seeds - about 2 TBSP cup- Toasted Pecans or walnuts- about ¼ cup- Shredded or diced cooked chicken- about 1 cup - Red onion- thinly sliced, to taste- Sauteed or Roasted Asparagus- cut into 1 inch pieces (I coat with olive or coconut oil, S&P, & garlic before cooking)- Feta or Parmesan cheese- optional add on- Homemade maple-dijon-balsamic vinaigrette (see below for recipe, will make more than needed for this salad but it is SO good you will want it for a different salad later!!)- Hamama Microgreens- I used Super Salad Mix this time. Clover would be lovely as well Instructions: Make the salad dressing: Whisk together 1 TBSP dijon mustard, 1 clove of crushed garlic, about 2 TBSP pure, grade A maple syrup (can sub honey if preferred), ⅓ cup of balsamic vinegar, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp pepper, and a pinch of hot pepper flakes or cayenne if desired. Then slowly add about ⅔ cup of olive oil and blend or whisk briskly until emulsified. Toss greens, together with carrots, onion, wild rice, chicken, & asparagus. Top with pumpkin seeds, nuts, cheese, avocado slices, and Hamama Microgreens! Drizzle the maple balsamic vinaigrette on top!
