Avocado Wasabi Salad
January 28th, 2010
Stumble it!
Yes, I know. It’s a salad.
Who wants to go to a vegan website and see a recipe for salad? I keep salads to an absolute minimum around here. So when one does show up, it’s a freakin’ delicious salad.
And this one is definitely freakin’ delicious.
I’ve had the idea of an avocado based salad dressing kicking around in my head for the last few days, and an avocado kicking around my kitchen counter. This salad is easy to throw together, and is a great entree salad, or a side salad for a dinner party or some such get-together.
The dressing is rich, and despite the title, is pretty damn tasty even without the added wasabi. You have my permission to leave the wasabi powder out altogether if you don’t like it or can’t find it.
I don’t know if my wasabi powder is old and has lost its kick, or if you need a massive amount of it to make things spicy (anyone with experience want to weigh in?), but this dressing was as mild as the day is long. It added a great flavor, but no heat. You may wish to add in your own wasabi powder slowly, tasting as you go, just in case yours is spicy.
The other ingredients are simple but flavorful as well. Pan-fried wasabi-soy chickpeas, sauteed broccoli, toasted almonds, and shredded carrots. I find this mixture goes particularly well together, adding crunch, sweetness, protein, and color. And they all pair wonderfully with the dressing.
Speaking of the dressing, it’s pretty ugly stuff. This isn’t something you’re going to want to serve on the side for your guests. Toss it with the lettuce and then serve it. Just trust me on this one. You’ll see when you make it.
Avocado Wasabi Salad
Serves 4-6
Greens of your choice for 4-6 people
1 Carrot, shredded
2 tsp Vegetable Oil, divided
1/2 to 3/4 Cup Broccoli, chopped small
1/3 Cup Toasted Slivered Almonds
1 Recipe Wasabi Chickpeas, below
1 Recipe Avocado Wasabi dressing, below
Fresh Cracked Black Pepper
Wasabi-Tamari Chickpeas
1 tsp Oil
1 Cup Chickpeas
1 tsp Wasabi Powder
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 Tbs Low Sodium Tamari/Soy Sauce
Avocado Wasabi Dressing
1 Ripe Avocado, diced
2 tsp White Wine Vinegar
3 Tbs Hummus, plain or garlic
1 tsp Stoneground Mustard
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Wasabi Powder
1/4 to 1/3 Cup Vegetable oil
Begin by whisking the dressing ingredients together, except for the oil. Whisk until smooth. If your avocado isn’t super ripe, you may wish to blend the dressing in a food processor. Slowly add oil until emulsified and the dressing is smooth, refrigerate until ready to use.
Toast your almonds in a dry pan over medium heat if they are not already toasted. Set aside.
In the same pan, add 1 tsp of oil and add broccoli. Sautee over high heat until the broccoli is beginning to color in spots and is bright green, but still tender-crisp. Sprinkle lightly with salt and set aside.
Add the second teaspoon of oil to the same pan and add the chickpeas. Reduce heat to medium-high. Cook the chickpeas until they are golden on all sides, using a spatula to loosen them as necessary, but don’t worry if they stick a little. Add the wasabi powder, sugar, and tamari and stir well. Remove from pan and set aside.
In a large bowl, add your salad greens. Add the broccoli, 3/4 of the chickpeas, 3/4 of the almonds, and 3/4 of the carrots. Toss with enough dressing to coat. Plate the salad, and garnish the top with the remaining chickpeas, almonds and carrots. Crack fresh black pepper over the top. Serve immediately.
If you are serving the salad later, do not add the dressing until the last minute.
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Entry Filed under: dinner, recipe, salad, sauce/dressing
120 Comments Add your own
1. Nora | January 28th, 2010 at 1:43 am
um, count me in!
2. Louise | January 28th, 2010 at 1:48 am
This looks good even though I’m not usually excited by salad!
Regarding your wasabi powder lacking punch, this trick that I use for Chinese mustard powder also works for wasabi powder:
Mix it as directions in a bowl, but make sure it’s more on the dry, pasty side and not so wet. This is important because step 2 is to turn the bowl it’s in upside down so that it kinda hangs upside down for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, it’s ready to eat.
I don’t know the scientific reasoning behind this, but I swear it makes my mustard and wasabi more spicy!
3. Dana | January 28th, 2010 at 2:16 am
I’m always happy to see a salad on a site, as long as it is as interesting and delicious looking as this one! I think the wasabi powder is always weak but the pre-made paste is much better. I’ve given up on the powder all together.
4. tina | January 28th, 2010 at 2:19 am
so when you say chickpeas… you mean the cooked kind right (possibly canned)? I’ve seen other recipes for chickpeas cooked this way, but I just want to be sure.
5. Fenke | January 28th, 2010 at 4:05 am
i love salads! or rather: cold meals. especially those that consists of only favourite ingredients… chickpeas, avocado, wasabi…. yum!
6. Apeksha | January 28th, 2010 at 4:22 am
that is one interesting salad….i am sure it IS freakin’ delicious!!!
7. Lynae | January 28th, 2010 at 5:17 am
I’m actually thrilled to see a yummy salad recipe like this. I really like salads but hardly ever make them because I can never think of anything that sounds that great. I’m usually a great improviser, too!
This looks awesome. Thank you!
8. Lindsay | January 28th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Wow this recipe sounds delicious (and looks it). i am so glad to see you’re back into posting yummy recipes!
9. Winnie | January 28th, 2010 at 7:45 am
I, for one, love salad. Esp. ones I haven’t seen before….like this! Love the idea of wasabi tamari chickpeas- so happy you’re back!
10. Maria | January 28th, 2010 at 9:12 am
I’m also a little confused by what kind of chickpeas should be used.
11. mangocheeks | January 28th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Wasabi in a salad. Now that is one to try and with chickpeas whcih I always enjoy eating.
I am assuming you are using ready cooked/tinned chickpeas here.
12. Kristin V. | January 28th, 2010 at 9:41 am
This looks amazing!!! And actually, my hubby and I try to eat a big salad for lunch every day, so we DO like to find salads (or at least salad dressing recipes) on vegan sites or in cookbooks :D
13. thedelishdish | January 28th, 2010 at 9:55 am
this isnt just any old salad! it looks fantastic and i especially like the idea of avocado and wasabi coming together in the dressing! thanks for the recipe :)
14. Amanda | January 28th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Damn, this looks amazing! I’m not a huge salad person (my greens from Trader Joe’s always go bad before I can finish them) but I will most certainly be making this the next time I have a super ripe avocado on my counter top. Thank you for posting this!! gah, its 10:03am and I want a freaking salad now.
15. tabitha | January 28th, 2010 at 10:32 am
mmm
i will leave out the wasabi…but the rest sounds good
i love a good salad recipe–they are hard to come by!
16. Helena | January 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Don’t be afraid of posting salad recipes! I rarely see salads on vegan blogs nowadays. Am I reading the wrong blogs?
17. Susanne | January 28th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Just made this. Excellent!
18. Mandi | January 28th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
This looks amazing. If you have anymore salad recipes, please post away! I love salads, especially those with chickpeas. The dressing sounds really unique. I can’t wait to try it.
19. Maggie | January 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
This looks lovely–a good brightener in mid-winter! I’ve really enjoyed a salad of tender greens with mashed avacado, sea salt, fresh-squeezed orange juice and pepper as a dressing. Just mash it all together with your hands. That simple, and delicious–if not pretty! My good friend made it for me and I was hooked.
20. Kalynskitchen | January 28th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Lauren, this looks like a winner! What a unique combination (and extra wasabi for me please.)
21. McKenzie Manning | January 28th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I have been vegan for a little over nine months now. And I am absolutely terrible at making salads. Although this one has a lot of ingredients, i found it didn’t take me too much time and I thoroughly enjoyed the end result. Whenever I go out to eat, I am never the one to pick a salad. But I had such great results from the recipe that I cannot wait to make it for my friends.
You were also very right about the dressing! I tried dipping my finger in it for a taste and I prefer it much better on the salad.
22. Tori | January 28th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Welcome back, darlin’!!!! I squealed with glee when I checked out your page today! This recipe looks amazing! I am so excited I can’t cool it with the exclamation points!!!
23. Johanna | January 28th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
This looks might tasty! I will try this, for sure. I have been missing your posts, and I’m glad to see you popping back into my google reader lately.
24. sugar plum | January 28th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Your salads are the best in town and yeah even if u post one everyday-i’ll still be here and with fantastic combis like these i could eat salad for the rest of the days and keep coming for more…..
25. Nell | January 28th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I know what I’ll be cooking for dinner tonight. :-)
Nice to have new recipes from you. You always inspire me.
26. Kittty | January 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Wow! That does look freaking delicious!
27. Hannah | January 28th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
No issues with salad recipes here! Particulary when they have wasabi and chickpeas… mmm…
28. Ashley | January 28th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
This looks fantastic! Salads are great, vegan or not, and this one has a lovely combination of ingredients :)
29. Dirk L. Archibold-Chester | January 29th, 2010 at 6:22 am
This does look delicious, and also looks quite easy to make. Will have to send it over to the health-consious S.O.
Dirk
Food Lovers Heaven
30. Giulia | January 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am
OMG, this is my DREAM SALAD!! :-) I’m not so sure about the broccoli…but if you say it’s good I’ll give it a try :-) Just have to check with my (vegan) nutritionist if i’m allowed to have avocado…being on a diet sucks sometimes :-P
31. Katrina Dingle | January 29th, 2010 at 9:20 am
This salad screams YUM. I’m going to try it tonight. Your recipes are the best!!
32. Koek! | January 29th, 2010 at 9:27 am
What a gorgeous, crunchy-looking salad! Wish I knew where to get hold of wasabi powder…
33. lululu | January 29th, 2010 at 10:00 am
the dressing sounds awesome!
the spicy kick from wasabi seems to go perfectly with those crunchy veggi!
34. Cheryl | January 29th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
I’m looking forward to trying your dressing. I also make dressings with avocado, usually with ginger and lemon and sometimes some tahini, but I have never tried wasabi with my avocado.
By the way, I have been enjoying your new cookbook!
Cheryl
35. Michael | January 30th, 2010 at 2:34 am
I made this tonight and it was very good. Thank you for another recipe of great inventiveness! We had it as the main dish tonight as a picnic in the local park.
For next time I will definitely double all the strong flavour ingredients (soy, wasabi, mustard). I used wasabi paste as I don’t think that we get wasabi powder here in New Zealand. I’m not sure whether that’s less spicy than wasabi powder but it gave a hint of flavour and no kick.
36. Stella | January 30th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
This salad looks awesome, and the recipe for the dressing sounds like the jam-and I’m not talking jelly here. I’m talking about rockin’ good!
37. Natalie | January 30th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I love salads and this one looks amazing. Must try it very soon.
38. Abby | January 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Sounds incredible & I’m glad you mentioned about the wasabi powder b/c I tried to duplicate super-spicy wasabi mashed potatoes I had in a restaurant & had the same, mild result. Maybe wasabi paste is hotter?
39. plantacious (also cheeseaday.com) | January 31st, 2010 at 1:18 am
I haven’t made the salad yet, but your photos make me want to eat my monitor :D I really love how simple it looks, but when you start looking deeper it seems the layering is quite on purpose. Great photos!!
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41. Kinder | January 31st, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Hi! I just wanted to say that I bought your cookbook last night. My daughter (16) is a new vegan and we are trying to support her in it. I saw your cookbook and loved it right away because of all the pictures! I LOVE a cookbook with lots of pictures! I made your lemon cranberry cupcakes today, and they are soooo good. There are so many recipes that I (a non-vegan) am dying to try!
42. L | February 1st, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Salad looks tasty.
Now that you’re back at the blog, are you planning on contacting your book testers? I know several who are still waiting to hear from you…
43. Emily | February 1st, 2010 at 3:16 pm
This salad was easy, tasty, and filling! It pretty much mashed all of my favourite foods and flavours together. I used wasabi paste, because I already had it in the house, and I got the same result as you did: a yummy wasabi taste, but no spice at all. I had to leave out the almonds because I’m allergic, but I LOVED the chick peas and broccoli. I’ll definitely be making this salad again.
Glad you’re back! =D
44. Nutritious Foodie | February 1st, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Great salald.. can’t wait to give it a try.
45. HealthJunkie | February 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I don’t even care that it’s a salad! I love wasabi in anything. < title="HealthJunkie–Come see my blog!" href="http://healthjunkie-foodyouwanttoeat.blogspot.com"<HealthJunkie–Come see my blog!
46. BlessedMama | February 1st, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Looks beautiful, and I love salads!
47. Elizabeth | February 2nd, 2010 at 12:09 am
Nom nom nom sounds delicious! I will give it a try but completely ignore the wasabi :) (My taste buds refuse profusely!)
thank you for sharing!
Elizabeth.
48. mary | February 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm
This looks like a great salad. For the wasabi, try mixing it into a paste with a bit of hot water first and letting it rest for five minutes or so before whisking it in with the other ingredients. For some reason, the hot water brings out the heat more, if that is what you are interested in. I hope this helps.
49. Michelle | February 2nd, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Just curious, is there a reason you avoid garlic? I’m allergic, and was wondering. Your recipes rock, and it’s an awesome bonus that I don’t have to try to compensate for flavor loss from leaving out the garlic found in most vegan recipes!!!
50. Michelle | February 2nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Also, A+ to “Kinder”, who posted about supporting her 16-year-old daughter’s new vegan lifestyle!!! That’s awesome!
51. Jennifer | February 2nd, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Fantastic salad and fun to make!
52. Tori | February 2nd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Hey Lolo! Love your recipes. I linked to you on my Jewish cooking blog today… vegan recipes like yours are really helpful for kosher cooks!
53. sk | February 2nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
just made this salad, loving it. my wasabi powder definitely has a kick to it!
54. Kelly | February 3rd, 2010 at 10:28 am
So saving this recipe. This sounds fantastic.
55. Amber | February 3rd, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Saw it! Made it! Ate it! LOVED IT!!!!
56. Krys | February 3rd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Wow. Now this is a salad! And the kind I would eat. I am not a fan of salads. This one, I could become a fan of.
57. Cammy | February 3rd, 2010 at 10:16 pm
hi i was just wondering if the blueberry waffle recipe in your cookbook could be made into pancakes because i dont own a waffle maker, thanx
58. Suzanne | February 4th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Ok, so I don’t usually use the adjective “freakin” but yes, this salad is freakin delicious!!! Just made it–very easy–and will definitely be a staple for my own dinners and company dinners.
Thanks!!!
59. Brenna | February 4th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Hi there! I just made this salad & it was SO yumyum!
I subbed walnuts & some leftover wasabi from sushi take out. I think i may add sraichi to kick things up a bit next tme, but dang this was the best salad I have had in forever!!!!!!!!
This is the first of your recipes I have made and I will be back to explore your archives.
60. Cookin' Canuck | February 5th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Sometimes a salad is set down in front of me and I can’t stop eating it because the flavors are so complex and alluring. I can tell that this would be one of those salads. Well done!
61. Fuji Mama | February 5th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
This salad sounds/looks absolutely amazing! I’m especially excited to try the dressing!
62. Heather | February 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
I think it’s a great idea to post salads from time to time. People get tired of the same old salads, but many don’t know how to invent something new. I often make healthy vegan salads on my video blog and this one looks so awesome, I may just have to try it. I’ll give you credit for sure. Thanks!
63. sharon | February 7th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
definitely don’t try this with dried chickpeas — i did, and nearly broke my jaw.
delicious otherwise, though!
64. kim | February 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
You’ve combined all my favorite ingredients – chickpeas, avocado and of course salad greens! Btw, what od you usually order when you dine out? I find my choices were really limited when I go out with my mom (she’s not a vegan though).
65. Francis Hammond | February 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
this salad looks really great, I am going to try this with my children tomorrow
66. Ginger in La. | February 8th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I am glad you are back. I’m a new vegan and stumbled upon your blog and spent hours reading backwards! I’ve tried some of your recipes and love every one so far! AND I ordered your book – it should arrive today and I’m super excited!!! I can’t wait to make this salad – my 15 yo is an ardent wasabi lover!
67. Lindsay | February 9th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
my husband and i are trying out vegetarianism and i just ordered your book… i’m so excited to try your recipes!!
68. Chukwuma | February 9th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
As a newly converted [former (sloppy) vegetarian turned] vegan, I would like to thank you for the great book and the recipes on this site. I prepared this salad today and it was better than I would have ever expected. Great work.
69. Chinmayi | February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 am
I made it tonight and agreed, the wasabi didn’t have much punch. Also, this recipe makes for a LOT of dressing…I didn’t anticipate it would make that much!
70. veronica lin | February 10th, 2010 at 3:05 am
lauren, your book has changed my life, i never imagine that being a vegaetarian can be so rewarding (both physically and mentally),
thank you very much!
veronica
a big fans of you from hong kong
71. Genevieve | February 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
This looks amazing!
I just received your book and cannot wait to try your delicious
creations.
Thanks for the inspiration and bravo for your book and blog!
:-)
72. Emily | February 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Amazing! This salad is defiantly freaking delicious. Thanks so much for all your wonderful recipes!
73. Joy R3FitShow | February 13th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Great salads are underrated..Bland iceberg salads are overrated!
74. Ariella | February 14th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
hurray! I only use my wasabi powder when I make maki rolls, so I am excited to have another way to use it up before another decade passes. My husband is allergic to avocado though (I know, it’s a huge drag!) do you think I should just up the hummus a little a maybe grind some cashews as well to throw in?? Or should I use a little veganaise??? Any thoughts are welcome.
75. Kapil | February 14th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
My first ever experience cooking for myself (blame my mum and my aunt’s delicious cooking for my late blossoming…) and this turned out to be quite good.
Ok correction, it was freakin’ fantastic!
76. Tracy | February 16th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Yeah!!! My husband went searching for your cookbook and found it! I can’t wait to try all the yummy dishes! Your photography is amazing by the way! Thanks for making such a great book (and blog!)
77. Anne | February 16th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I just ordered your book from amazon, can’t wait to get it!
78. Alison | February 16th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Are you still using a canon 30 d ?
79. Erika | February 16th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
I made this tonight.
I used wasabi paste, and I thought the dressing was a bit too….wasabi-ish? I love wasabi, but It’s all I could taste. And I think I over-cooked the chickpeas trying to get them “golden” (they were more “brown” by the end), and I found the tamari taste to be very strong. But all in all, it was certainly an interesting salad.
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81. Eddy | February 17th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Thank you for the recipe. Mom been wanting to get her hands on some recipe with wasabi. She is going to love thank you
82. sandra | February 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Hi! I am happy you are back!! I really admire your blog. The pictures are wonderful. How did you learn to shoot food? Sandra
83. River | February 17th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I must try this wonderful salad – certainly an entree salad! – asap. Thanks so much for this idea. We are always looking for new things to do with avocados and with chickpeas – and love wasabi (although until this moment I have used the paste from a tube rather than the powder). Your warnings are noted :)
I want to add that I was searching for a new asparagus recipe 1/2 hour before lunch today and googled – found your wonderful recipe, posted last May, here: http://veganyumyum.com/2009/05/chili-almond-asparagus/ We had to adapt for a lack of a couple of ingredients (don’t you just hate it when you hear that!) but are going shopping to try it again – it was stupendously good just as it was! I’m leaving a comment under that recipe, with our thanks.
84. Caroline | February 17th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
I just started down the vegan path – this salad was AWESOME! Both my 3-year-old and meat-loving husband couldn’t get enough!! Thanks for this great blog.
85. tracy in pa | February 18th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
creative…i LOVE chickpeas and you have now given me an idea of things to do to them… :) have any others…please let me know… pletcher@zoominternet.net a million thanks… :)
86. Melissa | February 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Got your book yesterday! YAY! It looks awesome, love all the pictures and details.
So exciting :) Congrats on all your well deserved successes!
87. labgirl | February 19th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
hi lauren, so glad to see new recipes! i can’t wait to try this one!
88. Tara | February 19th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
This salad was absolutely delicious! My meat eating husband said it was his new favourite and insisted I make it again!
89. Mj in Dubai | February 20th, 2010 at 6:35 am
I can’t wait to try this! Especially the dressing. And I’ve just ordered your book can’t wait for it to arrive!
90. Ashley | February 20th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Lauren, I was a tester for your book and am STILL waiting for my copy. You haven’t even shown me the respect of responding to my emails. This is so unappreciative and disrespectful. Please contact me.
91. liz | February 21st, 2010 at 10:49 am
lolo, I love you. I can’t even tell you how exactly perfect this salad dressing is calling to me! I just recently got into avocado + mustard and anything with wasabi should already be in my mouth. So making this!
92. Jenny | February 21st, 2010 at 6:05 pm
This is the tastiest salad I have ever had – I’ve had it four times in two weeks. Brilliant!
93. peteformation | February 22nd, 2010 at 9:03 am
Wow, the creamy and yummy taste of avocado in the salad. Nice!
94. himawari | February 22nd, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Hi Lauren – I bought your book last month and I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE it. Right after I got it, I started marking recipes I wanted to try and pretty soon almost every page had a sticky note so I had to think of some other way to decide what to make!
I’m especially awed by the baked kale – I love how simple it is but it is SO amazingly delicious. It takes all I have not to eat the whole thing straight off the cooking sheet out of the oven. I’ve also tried about five other dishes and I really appreciate how simple and flexible the recipes are. Thank you so much for sharing such wonder recipes!
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96. Chitra | February 23rd, 2010 at 4:51 pm
this looks amazing! so fresh and love the dressing. hummus makes everything better:)
97. Lisa | February 23rd, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Hi there. I’m a long time vegetarian, recent vegan, and I just wanted to tell you how amazing your blog is. I’m sure it can get overwhelming at times, but you are seriously helping so many people live more ethical lifestyles. Thank you!
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99. Jenna | February 27th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Hey!
I just came across your blog and I really enjoy reading!
Come check out mine and follow :)
Jenna
100. Gena | February 27th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
You’re back! Hooray!
Girl, I’m happy to see a salad anyday!
101. Eco-Vegan Gal | February 28th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Thank you for sharing this – I’m always looking for a good salad recipe, especially one with avocado!
102. shannonmarie | February 28th, 2010 at 8:45 am
There’s nothing wrong with posting a salad. I think it is beautiful, and it probably tastes good, too.
103. Peter Jonas | March 1st, 2010 at 11:49 am
Avocado Salad sounds so good. I hope I could have one while having some music distribution around… Hope you could have freebies.
104. Salad, salad, how can you&hellip | March 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
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105. liz | March 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 pm
this salad looks fantastic. A great and interesting salad is hard to make and this kills it.
Also, I just received your book!!!! I am so ridiculously excited, the pictures are so so beautiful and the recipes look delicious. Can’t wait to start cooking.
106. Cherie | March 3rd, 2010 at 11:57 pm
This looks delicious! It’s not often you find a salad with such an appealing look, and it sounds like it would taste great too.
The wasabi I’ve used does have quite a kick, so I’d guess your wasabi had mellowed over time. Good suggestion to start slowly and add more later if needed.
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108. Heather @ Side of Sneakers | March 4th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
That salad sounds delicious (and LOOKS beautiful too!) I think the flavors of creamy avovcado and spicy wasabi sound fantastic paired together!!
109. Suzanne | March 5th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
yum…this salad looks amazing! Avocados are one of my favorites and I’m always on the lookout for great recipes that include them!
110. Forensic Artist | March 7th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Looks yummy, i have to try this!
111. Harry Oh! | March 8th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Hi i’m “Harry the carnivore guy with the vegan lady-friend”. Catchy name isn’t it?
Cooking is a hobby of mine and for reasons you could guess i was referred to your site.
I absolutely love the food that comes from vegan-yum-yum. But before any of that i am in awe at the grace and design of this website, the refreshing sense of voice in the recipe instructions, and the personality found throughout all of it.
Kudos to you. For the good eats, the great views, and making vegan cooking something enjoyable for me and other non-vegmeisters.
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112. Rebekah | March 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
oh. my. god. I. am. starving. why did I have to find your site when all I have to eat is a can of green beans? Guess it’s time to grocery shop. Instant fan of your blog!
113. Wild Rice & Mushroom &hellip | March 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am
[...] salad was inspired by VeganYumYum’s Avocado Wasabi Salad, with paprika taking the central role in place of [...]
114. EM | March 11th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
OOH! I’m making this salad this weekend! It’s looks SO amazing!
By the way, it seems that straight-up wasabi powder added to a recipe results in hardly any wasabi flavor. You first have to add hot water (one-to-one ratio), mix it, and let it sit for about five minutes. It’s a HUGE difference to just using the powder.
Thanks for the awesome recipes!!
115. Andria @ Veg is Sexy | March 11th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I really don’t like wasabi but maybe I could get into this!
116. Tyler Horton | March 11th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Came to you through google searching Advocado salad. They are on sale this week, looks amazing.
117. Ann | March 11th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Made the salad, though I substituted the broccoli for cabbage and only put a minimum of the oil in the dressing. It’s awesome though!!!
118. Patty | March 11th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
I’ve gotta say I’m really not a big fan of salads but this was absolutely delicious.
119. Nicole | March 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
This salad looks so good! Here is a non-salad related question though…where do I find Sheese and Dr. Cow “cheese” in Boston? Does anyone know? Do I have to suck it up and order from the internet and have it be way expensive? If you do, let me know, I hate all of the other kinds.
120. jen | March 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
just made this tonight, luckily everything was already in my pantry! so good. seriously, delicious.
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