Chopped Salad

 "Collegians are turning to vegetables."  Newspaper headline

This is not only a simple dish to whip up but also a tribute to one of my newest kitchen gadgets.  I was looking for a basic food processor to chop nuts for some of my vegan dishes.  Well, was I surprised to find out the prices of basic food processors.  Enter the Ninja!  Love this little chopper and am using it almost every day to incorporate broccoli stems, dandelion greens, peppers, red cabbage, and a myriad of other vegetable matter into foods that we eat.  And in their chopped state most veggies are unrecognizable and consumed by the unwary.  Let's hear it for disguising vegetables!

Best yet, the Ninja, pictured at the left in a rather poor quality picture, is fast and easy to clean.   Best yet, in order to work the thing you get to bash it on the top. You actually stand there and beat the thing as if it deserves a good whack or two.  Generally, it only takes about a half dozen whacks to pulverize almost any food.  And did I mention that the Ninja costs less than half of any other food processor that I looked at while shopping.

Pictured to the right are a bunch of veggies, namely yellow pepper, red cabbage, and carrots.  I simply chopped them into chunks and put them into the Ninja and gave it a few hits.  The color combination makes a happy looking salad that's filled with good nutrition.

Finally, I put the chopped veggies on top of some greens and serve.  Oftentimes I first mix them with some Asian dressing (Aug 18, 2011 blog), or perhaps I'll whip up a simple dressing of apple cider vinegar, olive oil, and just a dusting of stevia powder.  Simple and delicious.

And the final product looks like the picture on the left.  Topped with diced avocado it makes my little heart happy.  As you can see, I didn't get the salad in the picture topped with avocado.   It's been a busy week.

Loveya
The Mom