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Quick & Easy Salad In A Jar

August 26, 2015 by Felesha 2 Comments

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A quick and easy salad in a jar; perfect for when you’re on the go!

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Looking for a quick and easy lunch idea for the hubby, the kids or yourself? How about a make ahead salad prepared right inside a mason jar? These salads in a jar are fun, they’re quick and they’re easy to throw together! The key is to layer the ingredients correctly to keep the ingredients as fresh as possible. These can be made at the beginning of your week and you can simply grab one each morning on your way out of the door! Easy-peasy and most of all super healthy! Or as healthy as you’d like for them to be. 🙂 We all know that some salads can be more calorie-laden than your juiciest cheeseburger if you know what I mean! 🙂 There I go drifting into burger land again! Ok, ok, I’ll rein it in and keep it healthy! Back to these lovely, delicious salads. Make them your own and at least try to keep it healthy…at least for today! 🙂

There’s really no recipe for these, just use what you have! I decided to make a couple different options with homemade salad dressings. One of my favorite dressings is a sun-dried tomato. I love the tangy sweetness of it all. I combined the dried tomatoes with the juice from an orange, garlic, honey, apple cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt and pepper in a food processor. I layered everything in a quart size wide mouth Mason jar in the following order: Dressing, cucumbers, sweet peppers, kalamata olives, mozzarella, roasted chicken, hard boiled egg, pasta, honey roasted sunflower seeds and mixed greens. Use what you have!

Sun-Dried Tomato Salad In A Jar

I also did a honey mustard dressing to tenderize collard greens. Super yummy if you’re into raw collards! The trick is to marinate them for at least 3 to 4 hours or even overnight in the dressing. I made the dressing with Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, honey, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt and pepper. I layered this one a little differently because the greens needed to marinate in the bottom but I didn’t want to squish them with the roasted potatoes (hearty enough to handle the dressing anyway). I started with the roasted potatoes, collards, hard boiled egg, chicken, cucumber, gorgonzola, bacon and walnuts. Once your ready to serve, you can either shake the jar to toss or simply pour the contents into a salad bowl. So get creative, toss in your favorite, yummy, on-hand ingredients then Say Grace and enjoy!! )

Collard Green Salad In A Jar

Quick & Easy Salad In A Jar

Felesha Bell
A quick and easy salad in a jar; perfect for when you're on the go!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • Sun Dried Tomato Dressing
  • 1/2 c. sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 orange juiced
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1 T. apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp. honey
  • 3 T. extra virgin olive oil
  • kosher salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • Spring Mix Salad amount in each quart wide mouth jar
  • 1/2 c. cucumber diced
  • 1/2 c. red pepper diced
  • 1/2 c. yellow pepper diced
  • 1/4 c. kalamata olives halved
  • 1/4 c. shredded mozzarella
  • 1/2 bone- in chicken breast roasted and diced
  • 1 hard boiled egg diced
  • 1/2 c. pasta boiled and drained
  • 2 T. honey roasted sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 lb. spring mix greens
  • Honey Mustard Dressing
  • 1 T. Dijon mustard
  • 2 T. apple cider vinegar
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp. honey
  • 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil
  • kosher salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • Collard Green Salad amount in each quart wide mouth jar
  • 1/2 lb. fingerling potatoes roasted and diced
  • 1/4 lb. collard greens sliced thin and tossed in honey mustard
  • 1 hard boiled egg diced
  • 1/2 bone-in chicken breast diced and roasted
  • 1/2 c. cucumber diced
  • 2 T. gorgonzola
  • 2 slices thick cut bacon cooked and chopped
  • 2 T. walnuts toasted

Instructions
 

  • Sun Dried Tomato - Pulse all ingredients for dressing together until pureed and thick.
  • Pour 4 T. of dressing into the bottom of the mason jar
  • Layer in the following order: Cucumbers, peppers, olives, mozzarella cheese, chicken, egg, pasta, seed, and mixed greens. Cover with lid. Say Grace and enjoy!
  • Collard Green Salad - Shake all of the dressing ingredients in a tightly closed container until combined. Pour over greens until covered completely.
  • Layer in the following order: potatoes, collards, egg, chicken, cucumber, gorgonzola, bacon, and walnuts. Cover with lid and allow to sit for at least 4 hours or overnight. Say Grace and enjoy!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Quick & Easy Salad In A Jar

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Filed Under: Dinner, Gluten Free, Healthy, Lunch, Salads Tagged With: cheese, collard greens, cucumbers, easy, fingerling potatoes, gluten free, gorgonzola, hard boiled egg, healthy, kalamata olives, lunch, mozzerella, pasta, pasta and noodles, roasted chicken breast, salad, spring mixed greens, sun-dried tomatoes, sunflower seeds, sweet peppers, thick cut bacon, vegetables, walnuts

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  1. jaysbakingmecrazy says

    August 26, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    I love mason jar salads and these look so good!! Those homemade dressings sounds delicious! Such a perfect healthy lunch 🙂

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    • Felesha says

      August 26, 2015 at 11:53 PM

      Thanks Jay! I enjoy them both but the sun-dried tomato is my all time fave. Thanks for stopping by!

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