Rainbow Salad

Ingredients

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The Salad:

  • 4 cups each thinly sliced & cross-chopped white cabbage (discard hard cores, outer leaves) 
  • 4 cups each thinly sliced & cross-chopped purple cabbage (discard hard cores, outer leaves) 
  • 3 cups fresh arugula (or fresh baby spinach), coarsely chopped 
  • 1 large sweet red or orange pepper (organic), thinly sliced and cross-chopped 
  • ¼ cup scallions, green tops only, minced 
  • 2 large mangos, peeled and chopped finely 
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, minced (okay to use tender stems) 
  • ½ cup sunflower seeds 
  • ½ cup pumpkin seeds 
  • ½ cup freshly-squeeze lime juice 
  • ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil 
  • Sea salt 
  • Ground pepper to taste (light)
Rainbow salad with white and purple cabbage, arugula, mango, seeds, and lime olive oil dressing
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes

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Cool Time: 2 Hours

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Total Time: 2 Hr 10 Minutes

Yields: 2-4 Servings

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together and blend well (easiest with your hands so you can knead and squeeze the cabbage to tenderize and marinate it for a full ~3 minutes). 
  2. Ideally, refrigerate at least 2 hours and then allow to warm up at room temp a bit before serving for maximum flavor. The fruit juice mixes in and sweetens the dressing – delicious! 
  3. You can stir in baby shrimp or serve alongside fish; the flavors are very complementary.

Credit: SAFM Diamond Coaching Retreat September 2017, The School of Applied Functional Medicine

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