Harvest Buckwheat Salad With Apple Cider Dressing-oil and grain free! Salad doesn't have to mean ice berg lettuce when it can be packed with antioxidants!
Ingredients
Apple Cider Dressing:
6 tbsp apple cider
1 tbsp mustard
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
3 dates, soaked in hot water for 5 minutes, pitted, and drained
¼ tsp salt
scant ½ tsp ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic (about 1 tbsp)
3 tbsp minced red onion or shallot
Reminder of salad ingredients:
1 cups buckwheat groats
4 cups water (plus a pinch of salt to the water)
¼ cup of pumpkin, sunflower seeds or a combo of both
2 cups Brussels sprouts, shredded/chopped
2 cups shredded carrots
¼ cup finely chopped red onion
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
1 firm apple, of your choice, about 1 cup chopped
1 cup craisins, soaked until plump, and then drained
fresh black pepper and salt to taste
Instructions
Bring pot of water up to a boil, add in buckwheat and cook until tender to taste but not mushy, about 15 minutes. Drain excess water. Set aside and let cool. This can be made a day or 2 ahead.
Place dressing ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Place 2 cups of Brussels sprouts into a food processor, and pulse until lightly shredded. Do the same for your carrots. I find the shredding attachment on my food processor to work the best for this.
Place salad ingredients into a large bowl, and mix. Add in salad dressing, mixing as desired. Add ½ cup of dressing to start, and taste. Add remaining dressing if desired, making sure not to make salad mushy (you may be left with a few tbsp of dressing. Use this for a traditional salad!). Season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
Recipe by Garden Fresh Foodie at https://gardenfreshfoodie.com/main-dishes/harvest-buckwheat-salad-with-apple-cider-dressing/