Lunch: Ginger Sesame Salad

3-4 servings

Crisp, colorful, and crunchy, this salad is a feast for the eyes and the taste buds.

Nutritional Notes: Apple cider vinegar aids digestion by balancing the acid-alkaline environment of the digestive tract. Nutritional yeast, just like the name says, is rich in B-complex vitamins, which are otherwise hard to find in plants.

Salad Ingredients:
4 sweet peppers, julienned
1 cup jicama, julienned
1 cup carrot, julienned
1 cup zucchini, julienned
1 cup summer cabbage, thinly sliced
Bunch of baby romaine, thinly sliced
Handful of mint, thinly sliced

Dressing Ingredients:
¼ cup sesame oil
¼ cup tahini
¼ cup sesame seeds
½ cup nutritional yeast
¼ apple cider vinegar
¼ maple syrup
1 tsp. ginger powder
Pinch of salt and black pepper

Don’t be intimidated by the long list of ingredients. All you need to do is cut up the veggies, and mix the dressing, either with a whisk or in a blender.

Photographed by Molly DeCoudreaux