Make a Simple Salad (Individual)

In this month's challenge, you will be putting together a salad made exclusively from veggies you have harvested yourself.

To complete this challenge, all three ingredients in your meal must have been planted and harvested by you.

If you have access to produce only 1 ingredient, please browse the Group Challenge version of this prompt.

Badge Bonus:

To earn a badge, post a reply that includes:

• 1 or more photos or videos of your meal

• List of ingredients sourced or harvested by you

• Description of your salad

Awarded: Beginner Badge, Project Badge

You must post by the end of the month to earn a badge.

Getting Started

A simple salad can have as few as 2 or 3 ingredients. Usually they entail a "base" and at least one or two accent veggies. Follow the suggestions below to build your own salad.

Salad Base

The salad base takes up the most volume of your dish and it is usually a leafy green.

• Lettuce, spinach, kale

• Microgreens: bean sprouts, cilantro sprouts

• Cabbage

Ingredient One - Contrast:

Add one ingredient that contrasts with salad base in flavour and colour.

• Berries such as: strawberry, blueberry, blackberry or tomatoes/cherry tomatoes.

• Colourful veggies like: carrot, beet, peppers (red, yellow)

• Veggies with the same colour as the base (green) but with different textures and flavours than the leafy greens: cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers (green).

Ingredient Two - Accent:

Add a second ingredient that compliments or accents the base and first ingredient.

• Add bite & zest with: onion (white, yellow, red), green onion

• Add texture and flavour with: peanuts, walnuts, almonds, peas