Best Tossed Salad Recipe

Need salad ideas? This best tossed salad recipe features colorful veggies, crunchy homemade croutons, and a variety of salad dressing options.

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe Homemade Croutons
• 1 romaine heart (3 cups chopped)
• 5 cups mixed greens
• 1/4 small red onion
• 1 to 2 green onions (thinly sliced)
• 1/2 cucumber (1 cup peeled and chopped)
• 1 carrot (shredded)
• 4 radishes (thinly sliced and halved)
• ¼ cup pepperoncini
• ¼ cup sunflower seeds
• Sea salt, for garnish
• One of these dressings:
  • Creamy Avocado Dressing (shown here)
  • Best Balsamic Vinaigrette
  • Homemade Ranch Dressing
  • Dijon Mustard Dressing or Honey Mustard Dressing
  • Italian Dressing
  • Blue Cheese Dressing
  • Citrus Salad Dressing

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Instructions

If using, make the Homemade Croutons.

Wash and chop the romaine. If necessary, wash the mixed greens. (You can use any mix of greens here; measure about 2 cups of greens per serving.)

Thinly slice the red onion. Thinly slice the green onion.

Peel and chop the cucumber.

Shred the carrot (we used this  Handheld Julienne Shredder).

Thinly slice and half the radishes.

Choose and make the dressing (select from the dressing recipes above!).

Toss together the greens, red onion, green onion, cucumber, carrot, radishes, and pepperoncini. Top with sunflower seeds and croutons, and drizzle with dressing