Winter Salad

I don't know about you, but there is nothing less appetizing to me than attempting to choke down the bushels of veggies I can normally scarf down during the warmer months.  I realize I live in California, but 50 degrees is not warm to me. I still can't tell you why I eat frozen yogurt until my lips turn blue on cold days, but that's another story for another time.



These days I have been roasting veggies and adding frozen veggies to my soup and one night I threw this together to sneak in more produce for dinner.


My Winter Salad

Ingredients:


1/2 cup uncooked wild rice (Trader Joe's)
4 stalks of celery, chopped
1/4 cup roasted squash, chopped
1/2 large apple, chopped
1/4 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup lemon (or citrus juice of choice)
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

*Cook rice according to package instructions and set to cool.

*Add in the celery, roasted squash, apple and dried cherries, mixing to combine all of the ingredients

*Make a dressing with the lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil and pour over the ingredients, adding salt and pepper to tasked

*Combine and set to cool in the refrigerator


We added this to the rest of our dinner- which I think may have included pizza that night...and probably chocolate.  I loved the sweet, crunchy, and tangy combination.  Hope you give it a try!