On DDD Guy stops by a place and they create a steak salad. The salad comes complete with fries, croutons, steak, ranch dressing and cheese crumbles. I thought that sounded intriguing so I set out to create my own vegan version.
I used an organic lettuce blend as the base, topped it off with oven baked fries (with a Johnny Garlic's twist: nooch, garlic and pink sea salt sprinkled on top), homemade basil croutons, portobello strips marinated in: vegan worstisheir sauce, spices, liquid smoke and Braggs, habanero ranch dressing and some spicy cultured cashew cheeze I bought from Whole Foods.
I had more veggies to use that day but I forgot them! I hate when that happens. It was a great salad, even for a mushroom dislike-r like myself it was tasty and good. I could have used vegan steak strips but wanted to try something new!Salads do not have to be all wimpy - if only every restaurant had a vegan salad option like this!
Great vegan spin and one hearty salad.Dig the mix of Braggs, liquid smoke and then the habanero ranch dressing too.Nice!
ReplyDeleteI never knew salads could come under the comfort foods category until I saw your hearty salad here. Yummmmmm!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one who watches DDD! The meals they show are maybe the most non-vegan meals on the planet so it's always fun to try and veganize them. You did a fabulous job. And yeah, this salad is definitely comfort food! Never thought I would say salad and comfort food in the same sentence LOL!
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