Local Farm Box Salad

roasted red beets, carrots, and breakfast radishes atop a mix of little gem lettuces and bitter greens with a cilantro flower pumpkin seed dressing (whew! that was a mouth full...)

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CSA Box Salad

Community Supported Agriculture has never looked so CUTE!

Salad Ingredients -

• 2 heads baby lettuce

• 1 bunch spigariello, broccoli rabe, mustard greens (or really any other bitter green you can find!)

• 4 red beets, quartered

• 4 small orange carrots, chopped on a bias

• 1 small bunch breakfast radish, halved

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

• 1/2 tablespoon lemon or orange zest

• 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika

Dressing Ingredients -

• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, soaked overnight in the fridge or quick-soaked in hot water for 30 minutes, and then rinsed and drained

• 1/2 cup cilantro flowers, loosely packed (alternatively you could use 1/4 cup cilantro)

• 1/4 cup water

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

• 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest

• 1/2 small shallot, roughly minced

• salt and pepper, to taste

• ***Optional: small pinch spirulina powder for color and added vitamins and minerals

Directions -

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. After preparing root vegetables, toss in coconut oil, zest, salt, pepper and paprika.

2. Place beets, carrots, and radishes onto a nonstick mat or greased baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender but maintain firmness in the center without falling apart.

3. While your root vegetables are baking, prep the salad greens and the dressing.

4. In a blender or a food processor, combine pumpkin seeds, lemon juice, water, zest, shallot, and seasoning. Slowly stream in olive oil.

5. Allow root vegetables to cool completely before serving. Roughly assemble salad and drizzle with the dressing and a touch of olive oil.

I hope you take this time and space to get creative with and inspired by local produce or grocery items. Have fun, make up your own recipe, try new things! But most importantly, do what feels good and take care of your self. Xx