ChezCindy: Broccoli, Cabbage & Kale Chopped Salad

 

This is not a standard bag salad from the grocery store.  I was actually looking at the availability of bagged salads at the store, but not one of them had the ingredients I wanted.  So, I decided to make my own.  This chopped salad includes many of my favorite cruciferous vegetables.  I have broccoli stems and tiny florets, chopped kale, green and red cabbage, and pomegranate seeds.  The colors were so vibrant, I had to take a picture.  

If you decide to make your own, it is super easy and doesn't take a lot of time to bring it together.  Use what you have in your fridge and add to it one or two vegetables sought out specifically for your chopped salad.  Copycat one that you like that you normally buy as premade.  With no preservatives added to your homemade mix, it will store nicely in an air-tight glass snap-top container in the refrigerator.  The mix of undressed vegetables will stay fresh for at least 5 days.  If you get tired of eating it as a raw salad, sauté the remainder of it in a skillet as a side dish for dinner.  Or make this lovely galette as I did in a previous post, savory vegetable and mozzarella galette

Broccoli, Cabbage & Kale Salad

3 cups of chopped broccoli stems and florets

2 cups chopped green cabbage

2 cups chopped red cabbage

2 cups chopped kale leaves

1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.  Toss to combine.  Transfer to an air-tight container and store in the refrigerator.