Raw Summer Roll Salad with Almond Butter Vinaigrette {Paleo + Vegan + Whole30 Option}
This easy, raw salad tastes just like a summer roll, but without all the work! It's a paleo and vegan friendly, healthy meal that's ready in 15 minutes and under 250 calories!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Author FoodFaithFitness
Ingredients
For the salad:
2Small carrots
1Medium Cucumber
2CupsRed cabbagechopped
1/2Red Bell Pepperthinly sliced
1/2Yellow Bell pepperthinly sliced
2TspSerrano Pepperminced (about 1/2 a pepper)
4CupsSpinachfirmly packed
1/2CupCilantroroughly chopped
1/3CupGreen onionsliced
2 1/2TbspFresh mintminced
2 1/2TbspThai Basilminced *
1TbspFresh lime juice
1tspAgave
Saltto taste
For the dressing:
1/4CupNatural creamy almond butter
4tspsFresh lime juice
2tspsGluten free rice vinegar
2tspFresh gingerminced
1tspAgave
2 1/2Tbspcoconut oilmelted
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Peel the skin off the carrots and then, using a vegetable peeler, shave them into thin strips and place into a very large bowl.
Peel the hard, dark skin off the cucumber and shave the cucumber just like the carrots, only shaving until you begin to see the seeds. Place into the bowl with the carrots.
Add in the chopped cabbage, and red, yellow and Serrano peppers and toss to mix. Add in the spinach, cilantro, green onion, mint and Thai basil and toss together.
In a small bowl, stir together the 1 Tbsp of lime juice and 1 tsp of Agave and pour over the vegetables. Toss to coat evenly and season to taste with salt.
In a medium, microwave-safe bowl, heat the almond butter until it's smooth and melted. Stir in the lime juice, rice vinegar, ginger and agave until evenly mixed. While whisking, slowly pour in the melted coconut oil until the dressing thins out slightly and the oil is well mixed in. Stir in a pinch of salt.
Pour the dressing over the salad and mix very well until all the vegetables are evenly coated. The dressing is thick, so it helps to get your hands in there and really toss it!
DEVOUR immediately!
Notes
* You can use Italian basil here, but Thai is much better if you can get it!