Swiss Chard Abundance Salad

Swiss Chard Abundance Salad packed with superfoods and an easy oil-free orange tahini dressing. Perfect for meal prep and workweek lunches.

How is January halfway over?

We’re past the midway month point and I haven’t even shared a salad recipe with you.

I’m going to blame the snow.

It’s still mostly white here in Virginia, but I laced up my Sorel snow boots this afternoon and took Harper on a long snow-walk anyway.

We paused for a second 30 minutes in, surrounded by soft snow and gray branches against pink skies– and guys, it was so quiet and so beautiful.

I wanted to bottle up that silence and add it to a permanent highlight reel in my brain.

This month has been anything but quiet, kicking off 2019 in southpaw stance.

Allow this Swiss Chard Abundance Salad with Easy Orange Tahini to be the calm amidst your January storm.

It screams “eat the rainbow” while being packed with superfoods and a citrus based oil-free dressing.

What You Need to Make a Swiss Chard Abundance Salad

Sometimes getting out a leafy green routine can be rough.

If you’re like me, I alternate between spinach and kale, kale and spinach.

Snooze.

This salad is heavily adapted on a shiny new salad from the Tone It Up Nutrition that I’ve been loving this January.

Why don’t we shake things up and try out gorgeous green swiss chard as the base to our bowls?

I love in here mixed with lacinato kale in this salad that gets an A+ for abundance.

Then we pile it high with my favorite super yum superfoods like blueberries, avocado, carrots, and red cabbage.

You’re going to love the combination of savory and sweet in this recipe– each bursting blueberries makes the salad chorus start up again.

How to Make a Oil-Free Orange Tahini Dressing

To call this orange tahini “easy” is an understatement.

It’s downright elementary, my dear Watson.

All you need is your favorite tahini, freshly squeezed orange, and a pinch of sea salt.

A little filtered water evens things out and makes the consistency smooth and pourable, but you get the gist.

I like this dressing a little thinner than my other thicker and creamier tahinis to keep the salad feeling buoyant and bright.

If you find you want creamier dressing here, add 1-2 TBSP more tahini or decrease the filtered water addition.

Protein for a Swiss Chard Abundance Salad

Now let’s talk beige beauties.

While the main ingredients do their rainbow things, the toppings bring some serious nutrition, and crunch factor.

How did I ever enjoy salad without hemp hearts, almonds, and sunflower seeds?

I’m not sure because I love sprinkling hemp hearts on meals almost as much as my friend Lauren loved glitter.

And that’s a LOT.

A handful of chickpeas and easy pan-seared tofu add protein.

If you’re not into tofu, you can add extra chickpeas instead, but I think the tofu adds a little something special to this veg-collection!

How to Serve a Swiss Chard Abundance Salad

Enjoy this Swiss Chard Abundance Salad with Easy Orange Tahini any old day of the week!

It always makes me feel refreshed, revived, and ready for the afternoon.

If you’re making it for meal prep, try washing and chopping all of the veggies in advance to throw in a bowl or Tupperware the day of serving.

You can make the dressing in advance too– it keeps in the fridge for up to one week.

If the dressing gets too thick in the fridge, simply add a bit of filtered water to thin things out again.

More Vegan Salads

• My Go To Kale Salad

• Roasted Beet Salad with Citrus Tahini

• Curried Cauliflower Kale Salad

• Warm Kale Salad with Citrus Tahini

• Cran-Apple Tempeh Kale Salad

• Raw Krazy Kale Salad

• Raw Brussels Sprouts Salad

• Baked By Melissa’s Green Goddess Salad

• Wintergreen Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette

• Thai Salad with SunButter Dressing

• Roasted Squash & Arugula Salad

• Kidney Bean Arugula Salad

• Lemon, Spinach, & Chickpea Salad

• Chop’t Chickpea Salad

• Red Bean & Pomegranate Salad

• Roasted Fig Arugula Salad

• Golden Bean & Green Bean Salad

• Brussels Sprout Cranberry Salad

• Fall Harvest Salad

• Kale Caesar with Avocado Tahini 

I Want to Hear From You

If you make this Swiss Chard Abundance Salad recipe, let me know!

Be sure to leave me a comment, rating, and review so I can use your feedback to create more yums.

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XO Lauren

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