Do you ever have those nights when you are craving veggies like crazy and you don't feel like cooking a big heavy hot meal? Or it's a warm summer night and you don't want to heat the kitchen up by cooking something in the oven? Or maybe you just want something light and healthy and quick before you run off to your next family thing of the evening...
Tonight I was craving the veggies, and we had a bunch of good produce in the fridge from our Bountiful Basket that we picked up on Saturday. This time we ordered the Asian pack with it, so my wonderful husband has been having some fun experimenting with different stir fry recipes and we've been enjoying the different flavors. Tonight I was trying to decide how to make a quick dinner that would satisfy my veggie craving and also feed my hungry bear of a husband. He had a headache tonight and wasn't feeling so great, so it was up to me to make sure something made its way to the table. Salad to the rescue! It seems silly to write a recipe for a salad, but here we go.
Asian Salad
1/2 head romaine lettuce, chopped into thin strips (about 1/4 inch wide)
2 carrots, chopped fine
2 ribs of celery, chopped fine
a handful of sugar snap peas
2 green onions, sliced thin
1 avocado, peeled and diced small
sesame ginger salad dressing. We used Newman's Own, but you can also make your own pretty easily.
Dressing suggestion:
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/3 c rice wine vinegar
1/3 c olive oil
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 c soy sauce
Whisk together til well combined. Pour over salad when ready to serve, toss well to coat everything and then serve.
We got a head of romaine lettuce in the basket on Saturday, and we already had half of a head left from before Saturday, so it needed to be used up before it all went bad. I used the half head and chopped it into thin strips and then added some carrots, celery, green onions, and snap peas, and then a chopped up avocado (I cut it up pretty small so hubby wouldn't notice it so much--he's not a huge fan of the avocado for some strange reason). Then I just tossed it in some dressing and served it all along side some pan fried potstickers (which I got from the frozen foods section of my local Costco--cheating, I know, but let's be honest, potstickers are a big pain to make from scratch unless you have a party of 20 people hanging out at your house for the night and you all make them together).
We loved it and it felt good to have something fresh and light for dinner. It was also quick and easy and ready by the time the potstickers were done cooking on the stove. I had dinner done in about 10 minutes!
So that's what we had for dinner tonight. What did you make for your family?
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