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The Marinated Vegetable Salad
Lisa

The Marinated Vegetable Salad

This Marinated Vegetable Salad is a simply easy, vegan, and gluten free salad for anytime of year! A cold salad loaded with a variety of vegetables and a rainbow of color to compliment any meal.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 45 minutes
Course: Salad, vegan, vegetable salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pint Grape-sized or Cherry Tomatoes Whole or cut in half
  • 4 Large Carrots Chopped
  • 4 Large Celery Stalks Chopped
  • 1 Head Broccoli Cleaned and cut up
  • 1 Head Cauliflower Cleaned and cut up
  • 1 small Onion Diced
  • 1 8 oz. Tub Button Mushrooms or mushroom of your choice Cleaned and sliced.
  • 1 Green Pepper Chopped
  • 1 Red Pepper Chopped
  • 1 Package Dried Italian Dressing
  • 3 Tbsp Real Maple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Minced Garlic

Method
 

  1. Wash all the vegetables and mushrooms and set aside.
  2. Break apart or cut up the heads of cauliflower and broccoli into bite sized pieces and place into a large serving bowl.
  3. Slice the fresh mushrooms and add to the large serving bowl.
  4. Dice and slice all the remaining vegetables into edible size bites and add to the large serving bowl.
  5. If using grape size tomatoes there is no need to cut in half, but if using larger tomatoes, such as a cherry tomato, they may need to be cut in half.
  6. Next, add the dried Italian dressing, maple syrup, garlic, salt, and pepper to the top of the vegetables and stir until everything is covered completely.
  7. Cover the bowl and place into fridge for 3 or more hours to let the flavors marinate.
  8. After a few hours remove from the refrigerator, stir and serve your marinated vegetables as a main or side dish.
Different ways to prepare this salad
  1. For those of you that can not handle the raw vegetables or would like to change this salad, try steaming the mushrooms, broccoli, and /or cauliflower.
  2. Baking is another way to change this salad, bake the broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, and/or onion.
  3. Also you can saute the mushrooms, onions, celery, and peppers for a little something different.
  4. Serving the Marinated Vegetable Salad
  5. As a main dish on top of pasta with olives and shredded vegan cheese.
  6. Try different nut on the top of the salad, such as slivered almonds, cashews, or pine nuts.
  7. Or serve as a side dish, it will compliment any meal.