I recently picked up the book Raw Food Real World by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis and the recipes all look so good. Looking through it today, I felt a huge urge to make myself a huge salad with sprouts and nuts- and then I turned to the page with the Greenmarket Salad. I made a beeline to the farmer’s market and bought all the ingredients fresh (minus the mixed spring greens). Absolutely delicious.

(Slightly Modified) Greenmarket Salad

For the dressing:

1 small avocado, peeled and pitted

1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice

1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice

1 green onion, white and one inch of green, coarsely chopped

1-2 Tbs chopped shallot (I used 2 because I love shallots)

1/2 small jalepeno

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 cup olive oil

freshly ground black pepper

For the salad:

1 large bowlful of mixed fresh salad greens

1 large handful of sprouts (I used a mix of clover, lentil, radish, adzuki and sunflower)

1/2 cup raw walnuts

1/2 red sweet pepper, chopped

sliced yellow mango (optional- they are in season and I was craving them, so they got tossed in)

pinch of course sea salt

freshly ground black pepper