Loaded Thai Cashew Salad

This salad makes for the perfect lunch or dinner. People often think of salads boring. You can easily add yummy ingredients to spice up your salad and make it more fun and delicious! This salad is filled with veggies, fats, and carbohydrates to make an amazing and satisfying meal. The avocado adds texture to the dish, the cashews add some crunch, edamame for the protein source, and the mango creates a sweet taste. This recipe  makes 1 serving.

• bed of spinach
• 1/3 cup cooked quinoa
• 1/3 cup cooked edamame
• 1/4 cucumber
• 1/4 carrot
• 1/4 cup diced mango
• 2 tbsp cashews
• 1/3 avocado
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• 1 and 1/2 tbsp cashew butter
• 1/2 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar

Directions

• dice the cucumber and carrot
• cube the mango and slice the avocado
• first add the spinach to the bowl then top with edamame, quinoa, chopped veggies, sliced avocado, mango, cashews, and sesame seeds
• mix together the cashew butter, honey, soy sauce, and rice vinegar to make the dressing then mix in with the salad