Five-B Salad

Description: Bored of lettuce? Here's a colorful and health-charged meal from the Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook, which recommends serving it with albacore tuna and a pita wrap. It's great with Newman's Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing in lieu of the homemade one below.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups bean sprouts (alfalfa, broccoli,onion or any combination)
• 1 bell pepper, seeded and sliced into ribbons (red, yellow or orange)
• 3 cups broccoli florets, blanched and well-drained
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup purple beet, diced and cooked
• 1 red onion, peeled and sliced into thin rings (optional)
• 1 cup grape tomatoes (optional)
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (optional)
• 1/2 cup olive oil (or avocado oil, flaxseed oil or pumpkin oil or a combination of any of these)
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 tablespoons tamari (they suggest gluten-free)

Steps:

1. In a large decorative salad bowl combine the salad ingredients; cover and refrigerate if not serving right away.
2. In small mixing bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients until well-blended. Serve dressing on the side.