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hey guys it's Danny and today I'm here
with a new episode of clean and green
with Danny and I will be covering salads
today I'm going to show you how to make
three different salads using just five
ingredients and I'm gonna also show you
my go-to salad dressing that I will
tweak ever so slightly for each salad
now remember if you try any of these
recipes or you're making any clean and
delicious salads of your own snap a
picture and tag me on instagram and on
facebook using the hashtag clean and
green with Danny's so we can all stay
connected throughout the month now let
us get started
now the first salad I'm making is my
kale crunch salad personally I love
using kale as the base of a salad
because the texture is very hearty and
it's super nutrient dense so it makes
for a very satisfying salad in my bowl I
have four cups of thinly sliced kale and
to that I'm going to add two cups of
thinly sliced red cabbage super crunchy
two cups of chopped up carrots then I
have one green apple nice and bright and
tart that I chopped up indigo and then
one chopped up avocado which is going to
add a nice creamy rich texture and taste
now I'm just gonna set this aside and
make the dressing which is super simple
it's basically just a slight variation
of my go-to vinaigrette I'm gonna
combine two tablespoons of extra virgin
olive oil a quarter cup of apple cider
vinegar which is nice tart and bright
then I have one clove of crushed garlic
and just a teaspoon of honey it's gonna
round out the flavor and the dressing
give it a pinch of salt a pinch of black
pepper and then I'll just gently whisk
this all together now my go-to formula
with salad dressing is I do one part oil
to two parts vinegar so that's why I've
got the two tablespoons of olive oil and
four tablespoons which is a quarter cup
of the vinegar okay once I've got that
all whisked together like I do here I'm
just gonna drizzle this over my salad
and then I like to use a pair of tongs
like this and
gently toss this until all the
ingredients are incorporated and
everything has a nice light coating of
that dressing
okay now this allit holds up really
great because it's nice and Hardy so you
have two choices you can either just
puple it on this leave it in the fridge
and then snack on it all week long or do
what I like to do and make individual
servings you could do that in a mason
jar make a salad jar or you could do in
any airtight container you have and
you'll have yourself some clean and
delicious grab-and-go salads all during
the week okay next up I have my chunky
Greek salad now you don't always need
lettuce to create a veggie packed salad
I'm gonna show you why in this salad for
our base I'm using four cups of chopped
up cucumber now personally I love using
those little on Persian cucumbers
because they are super crunchy then to
that I'm going to add two cups of
chopped up baby tomatoes 1 cup of
garbanzo beans that's gonna add a good
bit of protein then I've got a quarter
cup of diced red onion and a half a cup
of halved
kalamata olives and those olives add a
nice rich buttery creamy texture to the
salad without needing to use any dairy
okay I'm gonna set that aside and make
my dressing now this dressing is the
same base recipe I'm just gonna tweak
the acid and the flavors just a little
bit so this time I'm starting with one
tablespoon plus two teaspoons of extra
virgin olive oil then I have three
tablespoons of balsamic vinegar the
balsamic is a little bit sweeter than a
red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon of dried
oregano 1 clove of crushed garlic fat
pinch of salt fat pinch of pepper and
then again I'm just gonna whisk that
till everything is well incorporated and
drizzle this right over my salad
now this salad is great as is but if I
want to bulk it up I will put it on top
of a bed of baby spinach or some crunchy
romaine another thing I like to do is
serve it as a side dish to some grilled
chicken or maybe like a kebab in the
summertime lots of different options but
with all that being said same deal as
the last salad pop a lid on this and
store it in the fridge as is or if you
want a salad on the go that you can
bring to work
or have for lunch put it into individual
containers and you've got your salad
that you can grab and go my third and
final salad is a quinoa and black bean
salad
now quinoa was great because remember
although it's grouped with the grains it
is technically a seed
so it's both gluten free and high in
protein which makes it a really nice
base for a salad so all I'm gonna do is
combine two cups of cooked quinoa one
chopped bell pepper I'm using a red
pepper here nice and sweet 1/3 of a cup
of diced up scallions one cup of black
beans which is gonna add a more protein
to the salad and then I have one chopped
up avocado I'm gonna set that aside and
make my dressing so for this dressing
I'm gonna combine two tablespoons of
extra virgin olive oil a quarter cup of
fresh squeezed lime juice so that's the
acid it's nice and bright and fresh one
clove of crushed garlic then I have just
an eighth of a teaspoon of ground cumin
it's gonna give it a smoky warm flavor
fat pinch of salt some black pepper and
then I'm just gonna whisk this together
and drizzle it right on top of the salad
and then we'll toss that all together
hmm-hmm-hmm the Kefauver explosion so
much good stuff going here little crunch
from the scallion creamy avocado bright
dressing with that smoky undertone you
guys are gonna love this one you got to
try it so there you guys have it three
very simple extremely delicious salads
all using just five ingredients these
are all amazing options if your
cleansing or detoxing or if you're just
trying to keep things clean and
delicious make them on the weekend pop
them in the fridge you'll have healthy
on the go
lunches that you can turn to all week
long so now I am curious if you're gonna
try any of these salads which one do you
think you would try first which one do
you like the best come on down in the
comments and let me know and don't
forget if you try anything or your
making anything clean and delicious
yourself take a picture and tag me on
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hashtag clean and green with danny so we
can all stay connect it all throughout
the month thanks so much for watching
guys I'll see you next time with some
more clean and deliciousness Cheers
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