Pink Vegan Recipe #103 Sassy Spinach Salad

We love summer salads and Sassy Spinach Salad is one of our favorites! If you are a Vegan we will give you alternative selections, if you are a Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian you can add cheese and hard boiled eggs.

Dressing (serve warm or cold):

2/3 c Organic Canola oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed

4-6 t Vegan cane sugar (sweeten to taste)

1 t Dijon mustard (Annie's brand is Vegan)

1/3 c fresh squeezed lemon juice

Fresh cracked black pepper to taste

1 t liquid smoke

Mix all ingredients together and store in a glass jar with a lid. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use. Shake dressing before serving.

If serving warm (heat 2-3 T in microwave for 20-30 seconds), drizzle and toss over an individual salad. If serving cold, drizzle and toss 2-3 T over an individual salad.

If making one big salad, drizzle and toss until desired taste or just pass the dressing around!

Sassy Spinach Salad suggestions:

Baby spinach leaves (washed and dried, invest in a salad spinner)

Red onions, sliced OR green onions, chopped

Button mushrooms, sliced

Canned Mandarin oranges, drained OR you can use fresh segmented Mandarin oranges

Pan fried or oven baked Vegan "Fakin' Bacon", until crisp (let cool and crumble into small bite-size pieces) OR soy bacon bits (Bacos brand, Bits or Chips are Vegan)

Hard boiled eggs, sliced or chopped (Ovo-Vegetarian)

Tomatoes, chunked

Carrots, grated

Black olives, sliced

Roasted sunflower seeds, slivered or sliced almonds, pecans or walnuts

Feta cheese, crumbled OR cheese of your choice (Lacto-Vegetarian)

Crunchy Chow Mein noodles OR strips

Use your imagination, use whatever you have in your Vegan pantry or refrigerator!