September Harvest Salad: Spinach, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Crispy Rice, Tofu and Balsamic Vinaigrette
Welcome to my salad meal prep series! If you have followed me for a while now, you know I LOVE a good salad. I also am very guilty of spending WAY too much money at Sweetgreen and Chopt (especially while pregnant I need to stop lol.) But that’s why I created this fun idea of having a salad for every month. This salad is inspired by one of my favorite sweetgreen orders that I actually ate nonstop in the early 2nd trimester days. While I was craving it in August, I figured it would be a perfect September recipe to post. So, what’s in this gorgeous salad?
Spinach, almonds, goat cheese, apples, sweet potatoes, crispy rice (optional, but see my tutorial below on how to make a sweetgreen crispy rice dupe) and a balsamic vinaigrette. For protein, you can meal prep the crispy tofu that I show you how to make here OR you can make a bunch of hard boiled eggs. If you decide to do eggs, I would boil 1 egg per salad (so a total of 6 eggs.)For some reason, I was so averse to animal proteins until I hit mid second trimester in my pregnancy so I got really into tofu! Huge fan of this version here.
