3 Favorite Salad Toppers

These three ingredients are my current favorite salad toppers from Trader Joe’s! A little crunch, a little chew and a hearty bed of kale underneath. 

Base Salad + Toppers

I like to keep some kind of base salad in my fridge so that I can add toppings and proteins based on what I’m craving. Sometimes I massage kale in olive oil and sea salt or a simple dressing or I have a homemade dressing and fresh greens ready to go. Other times it’s a full-on prepared salad or a jar of something good from Plenty, like the Citrus Curry Farro Salad!

I massaged this kale salad in a white balsamic dressing. The recipe is below! I love how neutral it is so that it works well with any toppers I add last minute. Additionally, here are three more homemade dressings I love.

Favorite Salad Toppers

I love a salad with a great combo of flavors and textures: a little cheese, something crunchy, something chewy. So these three are all from Trader Joe’s – the king of yummy packaged real foods.

• Chewy dried mandarin oranges (I’m hooked!)
• Roasted and salted truffle marcona almonds (can’t get enough!)
• Parmesan crisps (the best “croutons” imaginable)

We enjoyed this as a side salad with dinner. In addition, it will make a great lunch with any kind of protein on top!

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White Balsamic Dressing

This simple homemade dressing is great for all kinds of salads.

Course Salads

Cuisine American

Keyword olive oil, salad dressing

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 2 big salads

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp honey
• Big pinch salt
• 3 grinds black pepper
• 1 pinch garlic powder or 1 clove fresh garlic, minced

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a blender and whirl!

Notes

Makes about 6 ounces of dressing. 

More salady things:

• Trader Joe’s Favorites
• Prep Day Kale Salad
• Herby Lentil Salad
• Massaged Kale Caesar