Tis the Season....

Well one week from today is March 1st, and you know what that means ladies, tis the season...bikini season that is! I'm running alittle behind in my new year and new resolutions which usually include a new diet and the only thing I can thank for this sluggish non-diet has been our best friend's wedding, lots of January Birthdays (mine included!) and a valentines get-a-way to Santa Fe, a yearly tradition, with my husband! And special occasions call for special food (see below). But alas, the time has come, I need to fit in my white pants and at some point a swimsuit so I'm back to my diet! My favorite restaurant here in town is The Vine, and they make a delish salad called The Bavarian Salad. Its a great cabbage salad, that is dilly-y and vinegar-y, and yumm-yyyyyyy! And so this is my healthy take on it, if i'm going to be eating salads from now til whenever the white pants fit, then it might as well be tasty! Enjoy!

My morning in Santa Fe started with good intentions, a hippie green drink from Pasquals....heaven! (but no worries, my second order there was pancakes...)

 and an afternoon snack of a smoked sage margarita (gosh, I want another one!!) and macaroons.....

 

dinner at Coyote Cafe....mushroom stroodle and some mac n cheese....this vegan splurged alittle....

 And ended the day with this.....a Flight of every icecream available on their dessert menu....YUM....now you see why I need to get in gear!

 Start with a full head of cabbage, I used nappa cabbage, or if you don't like to chop, you can buy the pre-shredded bag.

 Followed by three "bunches" of raddishes....

 Chopped sideways so you get rounds....if you don't find chopping theraputic, these come sliced too in a bag!

 One large chopped Cucumber

 

1/2 chopped green onions (optional if you don't like onions)

 One large handful of fresh dill, chopped and combine all veggies in a salad bowl. Reserve 1tsp for dressing.

 Now the dressing, 1/4 plus 1tbs apple cider vinegar (pinterest and Dr. oz tells me unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar burns fat or something....but any vinegar would be tasty) Plus 1/2c extra virgin olive oil.

 2 tablespoons of honey, and 2tsp salt, 1tsp pepper, plus 1tsp of the fresh dill you reserved from earlier. Whisk until combined.

 Should look like this!

 And there you have it! This salad, will make ALOT, and the dressing should last til the salad is gone! So don't feel bad about the oil! Also, I like to "dress" my salad and then let it sit around 15 minutes or so and let the dressing reallysoak into everything! That pink drink is sadly not a grapefruit margarita or something else fab....its just plain grapefruit juice, which pinterest and dr. oz also tell me burns fat...Here's Hoping!

 

 

Salad

1 head of nappa cabbage chopped

3 bunches fresh raddishes chopped

1 large cucumber diced

1/2c green onions diced

1 large handful (1/2 a cup??) diced

 

Combine all into a large salad bowl and mix!

 

Dressing

1/4 plus 1tbs vinegar (any light color will work, balsalmic will also work but it will just turn ur salad a darker color)

1/2c extra virgin olive oil

1tbs honey

2tsp salt

1tsp pepper

1tsp fresh chopped dill

 

Give it all a good whisk til combined! Serve over salad, and let salad rest "dressed" for about 10-15 minutes and serve!