Five-B Salad

Bored of lettuce? Here's a colorful and health-charged meal from the Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook, which recommends serving it with albacore tuna and a pita wrap. It's great with Newman's Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing in lieu of the homemade one below.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• Salad

• 2  cups bean sprouts (alfalfa, broccoli,onion or any combination)
• 1  bell pepper, seeded and sliced into ribbons (red, yellow or orange)
• 3  cups broccoli florets, blanched and well-drained
• 1⁄2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1⁄2 cup  purple beet, diced and cooked
• 1  red onion, peeled and sliced into thin rings (optional)
• 1  cup grape tomatoes (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup  pumpkin seeds (optional)

• Dressing

• 1⁄2 cup olive oil (or avocado oil, flaxseed oil or pumpkin oil or a combination of any of these)
• 2  tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 6  tablespoons tamari (they suggest gluten-free)

Directions

1. In a large decorative salad bowl combine the salad ingredients; cover and refrigerate if not serving right away.
2. In small mixing bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients until well-blended. Serve dressing on the side.