Peter Rabbit Salad with Thousand Island Dressing
Here’s a way to inspire the kids at the table eat every last bite of salad: tell them the ingredients for this one are what Peter Rabbit took from Mr. McGregor’s garden, then encourage them to use their fingers to dip the veggies in a homemade Thousand Island dressing.
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Here’s a way to inspire the kids at the table eat every last bite of salad: tell them the ingredients for this one are what Peter Rabbit took from Mr. McGregor’s garden, then encourage them to use their fingers to dip the veggies in a homemade Thousand Island dressing.
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 cup lite silken tofu
- 2 Tbs. lemon juice
- 2 Tbs. finely chopped red onion
- 2 Tbs. white vinegar
- 2 1/4 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp. grated Meyer lemon zest or grated lemon zest
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. tamarind paste, optional
- 1/2 tsp. sriracha hot sauce, optional
Salad
- 4 English cucumbers, roughly peeled
- 8 cups baby lettuce leaves or mesclun greens
- 16 steamed green beans
- 16 baby carrots
- 16 French breakfast radishes
Preparation
1. To make Dressing: Place tofu in bowl of food processor, and purée 2 minutes, or until smooth. Transfer to bowl, and stir in remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
2. To make Salad: Peel each cucumber into wide strips with vegetable peeler until you reach seed core, turning cucumber between each stroke of peeler to keep strips same width. Discard core. Wrap 3 or 4 strips together to make 3-inch-diameter rings. Set rings on serving plates, and fill with lettuce leaves and green beans as if filling a vase.
3. Divide Dressing into 8 small bowls or ramekins, and place next to Salads on plates. Arrange carrots and radishes around edges of plates.
Nutrition Information
- Calories 42
- Carbohydrate Content 7 g
- Cholesterol Content 0 mg
- Fat Content 0.5 g
- Fiber Content 2 g
- Protein Content 3 g
- Saturated Fat Content 0.5 g
- Sodium Content 294 mg
- Sugar Content 3 g