Healthy Vegetable Mélange with Tamari Ginger Dressing

When you were a kid did you not like mixing your food? I'll bet some of you didn't like different foods to even touch on the plate? Or were you the type that mixed it all up when you ate? My father used to say, "It all goes to the same place..." so it doesn't matter that you don't mix the food, it gets mixed up eventually.

Here's a recipe that you can mix or not. Those with "do to touch" requirements... well... you can get a bigger plate.

Vegetable Mélange with Tamari Ginger Dressing

from Inspired by Food Matters

yield 6-8 servings

category Salad

cuisine Vegan

ingredients

1 C farro, soaked for 6 hours & rinsed

1-2 C filtered water

1/4 red cabbage shredded

2 tsp apple cider vinegar

juice of 1/2 lime

1 C cooked garbanzo beans

1 avocado, thinly sliced

1 large carrot, grated or spiralized

1 large zucchini, graetd or spiralized

Dressing:

2 Tbsp tamari

1 tsp freshly grated ginger

2 Tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp garlic sesame seeds, aka Gomasio

directions

1. Boil 1 cup of water and add soaked and rinsed farro. Turn off heat and let sit for 4-5 minutes.

2. Add shredded cabbage to small bowl with apple cider vinegar and lime juice, stir and set aside.

3. Drain farro and let cool.

4. For dressing, combine tamari, sesame oil, ginger and sesame seeds in a small bowl and whisk well.

5. Divide cooked farro, cabbage, sugar snap peas, avocado, carrot and zucchini between bowls and drizzle with tamari dressing.

6. Enjoy!

notes: • If you did not soak the farro overnight, boil the farro 2 cups of water for 10-12 mintues. Draine and let cool. FYI, soaking overnight makes the grain more digestible.

I hope you are getting plenty of exercise, sleep, and eating lots of plant-based, clean foods. And of course, staying positive and hopeful, which can be getting harder these days.

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