Green Salad with Hardboiled Eggs and Cranberry Balsamic Dressing
If you browse my archives you’ll notice that my salad recipes are quite simple. I don’t need much in a salad to satisfy my salad craving.
The way I build my salads is almost always based on colours, how vibrant (pretty) they’ll look on the plate.
This simple green salad you see before you is quite basic, but very delicious and satisfying. The greens I used were baby spinach and kale. We don’t see much kale around here, but when it’s available I snatch it up and devour it. For protein I included some hardboiled eggs. And the dressing was nothing more than an oil-vinager combination. Though the vinegar is quite a special one: It is a balsamic vinegar infused with cranberries. The taste is amazing and if you have it available in your local stores I highly suggest purchasing a bottle.
- kale leaves
- baby spinach
- carrot, shredded or in long thin ribbons
- hardboiled eggs, cut into quarters (use my recipe to get perfect hardboiled eggs)
- one tablespoon of cranberry balsamic vinegar
- two tablespoons avocado or olive oil
- pinch of fine sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Thoroughly clean and dry the greens, boil the eggs and cool them before using, prepare the carrot and dressing.
- Place all of the ingredients in a jar (or container) with a lid and shake vigorously. Drizzle over the salad.
This vibrant green salad was my easy and healthy lunch. But just to complete the meal a bit more, I drank that gorgeous green smoothie you see in the background. The drink has a special touch, and to find out what it is you’ll have to go get the recipe on my Spicy Food column. Enjoy it!
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A beautiful and scrumptious salad! Lovely combination.
Cheers,
Rosa
Thank you Rosa! :)
A simple yet fantastic salad!
Thanks, Angie!
Nancy…this salad is gorgeous! I love salads which are simple yet so flavorful. Sometimes, a bowl of greens with a perfect dressing is all I need! Your photos are beautiful! : )
Hi Anne! Thank you so much.:)
that green smoothie is so perfect and striking in the glass! i love it. and the cranberry balsamic sounds amazing.
What a gorgeous salad! I’ll definitely have to try out the cranberry balsamic dressing. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, I’m a color person too, when it comes to making salads. ;-) Love the light on it — so appetizing. This is terrific — thanks so much.
Salad looks so delish and vibrant! YUM!
Thank you Nancy! This is what we’re having for supper tomorrow night! I have kale growing in the garden, just picked up some spinach and I have two dozen fresh eggs. Perfect timing!
Thank you MJ! I can imagine how fresh and delicious your home grown vegetables will be. I’m attempting to grow kale this year…we’ll see if I’m successful.