Bell Pepper

Mighty Salad

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May 31, 2016
3.7
3 Ratings
Mighty Salad
Photo by James Ransom
  • Serves 1
Author Notes


This salad gets its name from our book, Mighty Salads, and speaks to everything we love about salad: many layers of green, many textures, seasonal things that may disappear soon, creamy things that are hopefully cheese or avocado, and enough of all these elements to keep you interested but also awake during your next meeting, and the next. It's the kind of salad we want to eat right now, and all summer. —Ali Slagle

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • Kernels from 1 ear of corn
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • Grapeseed oil, for roasting and dressing
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and roughly chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 95 grams cooked wild rice
  • 95 grams arugula
  • 5 grams mint leaves
  • 20 grams bean sprouts
  • 30 grams feta
  • Half an avocado
  • 40 grams cooked chickpeas
  • A big handful of cilantro leaves
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Combine the corn and bell pepper on a lined baking sheet. Toss with salt, pepper, and enough grapeseed oil to coat. Roast until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
  2. While the vegetables roast, make the dressing: Combine the jalapeño through the white wine vinegar with salt and pepper in a food processor. Process until smooth, then slowly drizzled in grapeseed oil until amalgamated. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  3. Combine the corn and peppers with everything else in a big bowl. Toss with dressing, adjust seasoning, and eat!
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Sania
Sania August 6, 2016
The dressing at sweetgreen is a cilantro lime vinaigrette - seems to me like the 'handful of cilantro leaves' that is listed in the ingredients, actually belongs in the blender with the rest of the dressing. Shrug?