Crisp Bok Choy Greens in Tangy-Sweet, Sesame-Soy Vinaigrette

    I must say besides being a complete sucker for fresh produce,mason jar salad dressings just about top the list as well. Mason jars hold so much possibility : a glass of iced tea,a tangy pepper jelly just waiting for some cream cheese and of course salad dressing! It's an easy container for a vinaigrette that coats a crispy bok choy salad.

 
















Bok choy makes a fantastic,crispy stand-in for cabbage in a coleslaw so naturally it would hold it's own in a cold salad. The bok choy greens are also mixed with shredded broccoli and carrots. I was lucky to find a box of this mix at the grocery store so I knew sometime this weekend a coleslaw type salad was in the works.







     The chopped bok choy,shredded carrots and broccoli stems were missing one thing: toasted sesame seeds. Sesame seeds are fairly mild on their own but toasted the flavors really come through. Place the sesame seeds in a dry skillet and toast over low heat only for a few minutes. You should keep a close eye on them,if they begin to smell like weeeelllll toasted sesame seeds THEY ARE DONE!

      The next few steps are pretty easy: add chopped bok choy greens and shredded carrots/broccoli mix and toasted sesame seeds to a large bowl.  Pour the vinaigrette over the mixture and toss it all together. I'll be honest the steps could have been way more arduous but I had my smiling sous chef to help me out,THANK GOODNESS!

Crisp Bok Choy Greens in Tangy-Sweet ,Sesame-Soy Vinaigrette

adapted from The Cozy Apron

Salad ingredients:

1 large head of bok choy,rinsed and roughly chopped (including leafy greens)

2 cups shredded carrot/broccoli mix ( any shredded raw vegeteable mix would do just fine here)

1 TBL sesame seeds toasted

Sesame-Soy Vinaigrette ingredients:

1 garlic clvoe-pressed through a garlic press

2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

1 TBL honey

1 TBL low-sodium soy sauce

3 TBL rice wine vinegar

1 TBL sesame oil ( I found mine in the Asian foods

    section at the grocery store. It is pungent so a little

     goes a long way.)

  3 TBL grapeseed oil ( I like grapeseed oil,

       but you could sub any oil you want here.)

  

Directions-

  1. Add salad ingredients to a large bowl. 

  2.Add vinaigrette ingredeints to a mason jar ,put the lid on tight and shake well.

  3. Pour the vinaigrette over the salad mix and toss well to coat salad. Enjoy!