Healthy Marinated Fresh Vegetable Salad
Healthy marinated fresh vegetable salad is ideal for everyday casual dining or outdoor entertaining. Quick and easy to prepare ahead.
A perfect balance of fresh flavors and textures, it’s one of my personal favs! Healthy, crunchy, fresh vegetables tossed in a vinaigrette make this salad recipe ideal for your 4th of July gathering.
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Healthy Marinated Fresh Vegetable Salad
Prep the cherry tomatoes, broccoli, bell pepper, carrots, and cauliflower into bite-size pieces.
Place the veggies a large bowl and toss to combine.
Add the olive oil, red wine vinegar, chives, dry mustard, Italian seasoning, garlic, salt, and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid or a small bowl. Shake or whisk the dressing ingredients until combined.
Pour the vinaigrette over the vegetables and toss to coat evenly.
Cover and refrigerate. Please allow 24 hours for the flavors to combine and marinate the vegetables.
With that said, you can serve after a minimum of 4 hours but I promise you the wait is worth it.
A cool, crisp, and refreshing side dish for any meal, summer barbecue, picnic, or gathering.
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We love this salad!
Your kids might actually eat their vegetables with this recipe on the menu. Plus its also gluten-free and vegan! Another great salad is our Cucumber Radish Salad. Take a look!
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Raw Vegetable Salad Recipe
Healthy Marinated Fresh Vegetable Salad Recipe
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 3 cups cauliflower florets
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups carrots, sliced into bite-size pieces (2-3 medium carrots)
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces red or orange will also work)
For the vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 3 Tablespoons chives, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dry ground mustard
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced pressed or minced
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Add the vegetables to a large bowl.3 cups cauliflower florets, 2 cups broccoli florets, 2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes, 2 cups carrots, sliced into bite-size pieces, 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces
Vinaigrette
- Add the olive oil, red wine vinegar, chives, dry mustard, Italian seasoning, garlic, salt, and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake until combined. (you can also whisk these ingredients in a small bowl)1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 3 Tablespoons chives, chopped, 1/2 teaspoon dry ground mustard, 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced, 1 teaspoon sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- Pour the vinaigrette over the vegetables, toss to coat evenly.
- Cover and refrigerate 4 hours to overnight. (overnight is best)
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe inspired by IowaGirlEats
This recipe is easy to prepare and so delicious! Thank you!
Thank you, Doris! We love it too.
I had a good amount of cauliflower and broccoli to use up. I send healthy vegetable salads to work with my husband. I whipped this up this morning while he was getting ready for work. . I know it is better after marinating for 24 hours, but I needed to send veggies salads with him to eat during the day so he took it.
I followed the recipe and in addition I added some cucumber slices and I had some red onion (chopped small for another salad) I tossed those in. I had a few bacon bits also to use up so I threw that in as well. I thought it needed a little but more oil and vinegar for the amount of veggies, so I added some Braggs apple cider vinegar and oil to it to dilute down the Italian seasoning I added per the recipe. I would have almost rather just thrown some Italian vinegar and oil dressing on there. I will be making this again. Was a nice change of pace and a great way to get raw veggies in us. The only thing I was not crazy about was the dried Italian seasoning.
Just whipped this up! Beautiful AND delicious!
This is one of the prettiest salads I have ever seen. The colors just pop and it looks so delicious! I can’t wait to give this a try! Thanks so much for sharing at Celebrate It!
Thank you, Teri!