Marinated Vegetable Salad
Fill your plate with color, flavor, and healthy nutrients with this delicious Marinated Vegetable Salad! Made in just 20 minutes, it's a great meal prep salad for a busy week. Eat it for lunch or as a side dish with almost any main course.
Servings: 14 servings
Calories: 161kcal
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 ½ cups chopped carrots
- 1 yellow pepper chopped
- 1 ½ cups broccoli florets
- ½ bunch asparagus cut into ½-3/4" pieces
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1 ½ cups chopped red cabbage
- 1 ½ cups cauliflower florets
- 8 ounces pepper jack cheese cubed
Dressing
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon or deli mustard
- 1 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon ranch seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- For the salad, to a large mixing bowl, add tomatoes, carrots, yellow pepper, broccoli, asparagus, red onion, cabbage, cauliflower and pepper jack cheese.
- For the dressing, in a small bowl, combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, ranch, salt and pepper. Whisk or shake with a fitted lid vigorously until well combined.
- Pour the dressing over the salad. Toss until well combined. Allow the vegetables to marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for at least two hours (or overnight). Then give the salad one more stir and it’s ready to serve!
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Notes
Pro Tips and Substitutions
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- Time is the Key: It's important to give the salad time to marinate. It is a marinated vegetable salad, after all. At least a couple of hours allows time for the raw veggies to tenderize and flavors to marry.
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- Dressing Options: If you don't have time to make a homemade dressing, a good store-bought seasoned oil and vinegar based dressing would work just fine. Italian seasoning is another great option for the dressing.
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- Time Saver: You can save time by purchasing pre-chopped vegetables. It might cost more, but it's a great option if you're in a hurry.
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- Cheese Options: Pepper jack cheese can be substituted with cheddar, Colby jack, Monterrey Jack, feta cheese or mozzarella.
More Yummy Salad Additions
Other ingredients that would be great in this salad are fresh parsley, fresh dill, garlic cloves, radishes, squash, zucchini, cucumber, red bell pepper, green pepper, fresh cucumbers, black olives, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, green onion, shoepeg corn, green beans, and olives. Drained black beans and garbanzo beans are also an excellent addition.Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 296mg | Potassium: 280mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2888IU | Vitamin C: 45mg | Calcium: 148mg | Iron: 1mg
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