Apple & Coconut Bacon Salad
A scrumptious salad with fresh apples, sweet raisins, smokey coconut bacon and a creamy ginger peanut dressing!
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: Serves 1
- Category: Salad, Entree
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 Fuji apple (use your favorite apple), cored and diced
- 1/4 cup coconut bacon
- 1 – 2 tablespoons currants or raisins
- 1 – 2 tablespoons slivered almonds (pumpkin, sunflower seeds or hemp hearts would be great too)
- favorite salad mix
Ginger Peanut Dressing
- 2 rounded tablespoons natural peanut butter or almond butter
- 1 tablespoon apple cider or rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ginger powder or 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated
- pinch of mineral salt
- 2 tablespoons water, plus more as needed to thin
Instructions
Dressing: In a small bowl, mix together the dressing ingredients. Add water, a teaspoon or two at a time, as needed to create desired consistency. Taste for flavor adjusting as needed. If dressing becomes to thin, add a bit more peanut butter to thicken. Set aside.
Salad: Create your salad by adding a few large handfuls of salad mix to your serving bowl—top with diced apple, handful of coconut bacon, currents and slivered almonds. Drizzle ginger peanut dressing over top and enjoy.
Serves 1
Notes
Adjusting salt and sugar: I used raw almond butter for the dressing. If using other nut butter containing salts and sugars, you may not need as much maple syrup or a pinch of salt – just something to consider.
Packaged coconut bacon: Don’t feel like making coconut bacon, you can purchase pre-packaged from Phoney Baloneys. It’s delicious! Look for it at your local grocery store or order online from participating retailers.
Nut-free option: If you have nut allergies, try using tahini in place of the nut butter.
Find it online: https://simple-veganista.com/apple-coconut-bacon-salad-w-peanu/