I’m not one to whip up a salad for lunch, or any meal for that matter. I blame it partially on my laziness, partially on lack of creativity, and partially on the difficulty of packing a salad in my lunchbox. Now that grad school is basically over, I’ve been treating myself to lunches at home. Like on an actual plate. Oh Tupperware, how I don’t miss thee. Lunching at home opens up a whole world of possibilities. I can make scrambled eggs! Salad! Smoothies! It’s the little things in life. I also blame this ensalada on berries being $1.99 this week. Since I buy enough produce to feed a family of four, I obviously bought three packages. The weird part is that I only eat the berries either on oatmeal or just by the handful. I actually prefer frozen berries reheated in the microwave on my oatmeal since the juiciness makes the oatmeal naturally sweeter, so lately I’ve just been shoving fresh berries in my face like it’s nobody’s biznass.
But this salad. This salad is your biznass. I’ve eaten it every day for lunch for the past three days. Like I get excited to come home and eat it. It’s that good. If it’s just you at home or if you don’t want to share, you can easily adjust this to one serving by just adding however many berries and almond you like. Keep the dressing in the fridge for future salading and the chickpeas in the pantry for snackities. Can we talk about the chickpeas for a sec. Maple cinnamon roasted chickpeas > croutons. I mean they just killllllll it.
I feel like this salad would be the perfect picnic salad. I’ve never been on a picnic. I want to go on a picnic and eat almond butter and jelly sammies. All I want is a cute boy to ask me to go on a picnic. I mean I would totally bring this salad and seal the deal, ya know? Kinda like my Best Balsamic Vinaigrette, if I do say so myself.
P.S. I may or may not be jamming to Classic by MKTO while I write this post…I don’t hate it. I wanna kiss you like Prince! Print
