throw it all together salad

I think I am a lazy cook, I like things that need a little prep & can all cook or be thrown in one dish. I work with an amazing group of women & often a quite a few of them look at my lunches & exclaim how delicious, healthy appetizing my lunches look, adding they think it must have taken hours to prepare. I assure them my dishes are quick & easy in general. Of course there are a couple who state, they would be so hungry if all they ate was veg but my portions are huge & I am sure a few of my friends & colleagues wonder how I can eat so much!

Suffice it to say, my throw it all together salad always gets positive comments. The key is use what you have in the fridge & the key to that is buy lots of veg with lots of variety.

Throw it all together Salad

• Red cabbage, White cabbage, Napa etc sliced & chopped into bite size lengths, you don't want strings of it hanging out of your mouth!
• Carrots, cucumber, radishes, kohlrabi etc chopped small, grated or spiralized, whatever you fancy.
• Lettuce, I always include Romaine - I read somewhere it has vitamins or something good that other varieties miss. I add torn red leaf, butter or whatever else comes in a box of lettuce greens.
• Herbs, I love cilantro, Arugula/Rocket, mint, basil all fresh please.
• Small tomatoes cut in half
• spring onions sliced
• Nuts, seeds or smoked tofu cut into cubes or blueberries

I have been known to throw in left over roasted veg or veggi sausage & that gives a nice variation on taste & texture.

I mix it all up & then put it into my lunch box. The whole process takes 10 minutes. At lunch time I throw it into a big salad bowl & pour on a dressing.

Enjoy!