Making Salad Jar Salads
Salad jar – or ‘mason’ jar salads are very simple to create with a little preparation. Here are the steps to creating your salad. The ingredients to make this salad in a jar are numerous and you can make just about anything work. This is within reason of course – many a time have I gone overboard with one particular ingredient in a recipe when the key is to simply taste as you go slowly!
That said you can use most vegetables, pulses or grains with any sauce you prefer on your salads like oyster or soy. If you don’t want savoury flavours then make a sweet salad using different combinations of fresh fruit. The following are some examples sauces you can add to spice up the mix…
Some salad dressings and sauces we found are popular
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Tangy Vegan Creamy Dill Sauce
- Fresh Mexican Salsa mixed with a creamy base, vegan sour cream or mayo
- Vegan Ranch Dressing
- Vegan Buffalo Sauce mixed with a cream, vegan mayo or sour cream
- Vegan Spicy Cilantro Cream Sauce
- Lemon Herb Sauce
- Vegan Teriyaki Sauce
- Citrus Salsa with citrus cream sauce
Vegetables
- Onion
- Squash
- Radish
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Corn
- Peppers (all kinds)
- Sprouts
- Potatoes (sweet are incredibly healthy)
- Green beans
- Mushrooms
- Asparagus
- Peas
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Avocado
- Carrots
- Celery
- Zucchini
Carbahydrates
- Barley
- Rice
- Pasta
- Potato Chips
- Farro
- Quinoa
Leafy Green
- Arugula
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Cabbage
Fruit
- Apple
- Bananas
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cherry
- Grape
- Kiwi
- Strawberry
- Pear
- Mango
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Raspberries
- Melon
Pulses & beans
- Chickpeas (learn how to cook dried chickpeas here)
- Lentils (learn how to cook dried lentils here)
- Black beans (learn how to cook dried black beans here)
- Pinto beans
- White beans
- Tofu (this crispy tofu recipe is amazing)
- Tempeh
- Vegan sausage
- Nuts (small amounts are incredible for heart and general health!)
- Seeds
