Best Tossed Salad

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

Instructions

Step 1

If using, make the Homemade Croutons.

Step 2

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.)

Step 3

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

Step 4

Peel and chop the cucumber.

Step 5

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

Step 6

Thinly slice and half the radishes.

Step 7

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

Step 8

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