Winter Salad

I don't know about you, but there is nothing less appetizing to me than attempting to choke down the bushels of veggies I can normally scarf down during the warmer months.  I realize I live in California, but 50 degrees is not warm to me. I still can't tell you why I eat frozen yogurt until my lips turn blue on cold days, but that's another story for another time.

These days I have been roasting veggies and adding frozen veggies to my soup and one night I threw this together to sneak in more produce for dinner.

My Winter Salad
Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup uncooked wild rice (Trader Joe's)
• 4 stalks of celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup roasted squash, chopped
• 1/2 large apple, chopped
• 1/4 cup dried cherries
• 1/4 cup lemon (or citrus juice of choice)
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

*Cook rice according to package instructions and set to cool.
*Add in the celery, roasted squash, apple and dried cherries, mixing to combine all of the ingredients
*Make a dressing with the lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil and pour over the ingredients, adding salt and pepper to tasked
*Combine and set to cool in the refrigerator

We added this to the rest of our dinner- which I think may have included pizza that night...and probably chocolate.  I loved the sweet, crunchy, and tangy combination.  Hope you give it a try!