The Detox Crunch Salad

This crunchy detox salad recipe is full of all the best, crunchy ingredients - grapes, apples, carrots, walnuts, pomegranate seeds, cranberries, and more.

It's a delicious, flavorful meal when you're craving a healthy, fresh lunch or dinner!

Boost your immune system with the fresh, healthy ingredients in this ultimate detox salad.

The fruit and greens in this salad are rich in health benefits, including fiber, vitamin C, and antioxidants. The nuts have healthy fats and help keep your blood sugar in check.

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• Detox Crunch Salad

This crunchy, healthy salad was inspired by a weekend of overconsumption. When you're in one of those places where you just desperately crave a bowl of healthy greens and real food. This is the best detox salad for when you want loads of flavor and lots of fiber!

It's got loads of greens, fruit, herbs, and nuts. It's calorie-dense food with high water content, so it will leave you feeling sated and refreshed.

It's perfect post-holiday season or any other time you need a pick-me-up salad.

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Ingredient List

This recipe calls for loads of fruit and veggies - if you don't care for some of them or don't have them on hand, swap them for something else!

This rainbow of delicious ingredients includes:

• Seedless Grapes
• Fresh Apples (Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, or any other kind you like)
• Greens (baby spinach, baby arugula, Spring mix, or baby romaine)
• Celery Stalks
• Small Carrots
• Pomegranate Seeds
• Toasted Walnuts
• Toasted Pistachios
• Dried Cranberries
• Dried Raisins or Currants
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
• Sea Salt
• Ground Black Pepper
• Optional - top with microgreens or sprouts

See the recipe card for quantities.

How to Make this Salad

1. Combine the grapes, apples, chopped greens, celery, carrots, pomegranate seeds, walnuts, pistachios, cranberries, and raisins in a large bowl. Toss to mix.
2. Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, salt & pepper together in a small bowl.
3. Pour the lemon vinaigrette dressing over the salad and toss gently to combine. Top with optional microgreens or sprouts.

More Healthy Salad Recipes

These delicious recipes are full of great ingredients that you'll love.

• Brussels Sprouts Kale Salad - this great recipe combines brussels sprouts, kale, apples, nuts, and parmesan cheese for a delicious side.
• Savoy Cabbage Salad - you can use savoy cabbage (or green or red cabbage) for this delicious chopped salad with an Asian dressing.
• Mediterranean Tuna Salad - a fresh green salad with bell peppers, tomatoes, and tuna.

Substitutions & Variations

Want to make some changes to this healthy meal? Here are some swaps you can make!

• Produce - feel free to use red grapes instead of green grapes, and swap any of the other fruit you'd like. This recipe is great with oranges, red onions, green onions
• Nuts & Seeds - you can swap the walnuts and pistachios for pecans, pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds.
• Salad Dressing - you can swap the olive oil for avocado oil, the lemon juice for red wine vinegar, or add some wholegrain mustard for more flavor.

Storage

You can save this salad in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container. You can store it in a mason jar if you want to take it for a work lunch.

Tips for Making this Recipe

Preparation Tips - Try to keep the fruit and vegetables chopped to the same size. This way you get a little of each flavor in every bite.

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