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The Marinated Vegetable Salad

The Marinated Vegetable Salad

Lisa
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
  

  • 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

Instructions
 

  • Wash all the vegetables and mushrooms and set aside.
  • Break apart or cut up the heads of cauliflower and broccoli into bite sized pieces and place into a large serving bowl.
  • Slice the fresh mushrooms and add to the large serving bowl.
  • Dice and slice all the remaining vegetables into edible size bites and add to the large serving bowl.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cover the bowl and place into fridge for 3 or more hours to let the flavors marinate.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Baking is another way to change this salad, bake the broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, carrots, tomatoes, and/or onion.
  • Also you can saute the mushrooms, onions, celery, and peppers for a little something different.
  • Serving the Marinated Vegetable Salad
  • As a main dish on top of pasta with olives and shredded vegan cheese.
  • Try different nut on the top of the salad, such as slivered almonds, cashews, or pine nuts.
  • Or serve as a side dish, it will compliment any meal.
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