Enjoy this simple salad in celebration of your self-care.  I love the flavours of arugula mixed with walnuts and mango.  Ataulfo mangoes are just coming into the stores here and it is time to celebrate with salad.  Arugula is one of the highest vegetables in kaempferol, shown when partnered with quercetin to reduce inflammation systemically.  Polyphenols in arugula including kaempferol feed our good digestive bacteria, helping them to ensure digestive integrity through the production of butyrate.  Love it, love yourself!

Salad Ingredients

• 2 cups arugula, torn or chopped
• 2 cups spinach, torn or chopped
• ½ cup avocado, chopped
• ½ cup mango, chopped
• 3 tablespoons walnut, chopped fine
• ¼ cup red onion, 10-12 thin slices

Dressing Ingredients

• 1 whole orange, juiced
• ½ cup tomato, chopped
• ½ cup avocado, chopped
• ¼ cup mango, chopped
• 1 pinch Himalayan Salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon mustard, prepared

Instructions

*If the mango is too sweet for you it is replaceable with green apple or shredded carrot

*Make this dressing probiotic by adding coconut or orange kefir instead of fresh orange juice

Onion: Slice the onion thinly and to reduce acidity if desired soak the slices in water while you prepare the other ingredients.

Dressing: Blend dressing ingredients, adding water if necessary to achieve the desired consistency.  Taste dressing for salt/seasonings and adjust if necessary.

Salad: Place chopped arugula, onion, mango and avocado in a bowl and toss.  Top with dressing and sprinkle with chopped walnuts to garnish.