Stir Fry on Greens?! [The crowd goes wild!]

What's that you ask? OK, so you didn't ask ... just go with it, alright?! Is it a salad? Is it a stir fry? Is it … could it possibly be ... Is it both a salad and a stir fry co-existing ... nay … living together with abandon in the same bowl? Why yes … yes it is!!! [Insert sound effect of roaring, cheering crowd.]

OK, that may be a bit dramatic, but I was pretty darn excited about my lunch today and the deal that I got on some veggies on my way home for lunch. The produce gods were good to me.* I was thrilled to find a better than usual selection of marked down items. [Cue crazy coupon lady happy dance. (former crazy coupon lady!)]

I got two 12 oz. packages of stir fry veggies for

$.89 each, two Mediterranean salad packages for $1 each (note: I just use the greens and toss the non WFPB compliant dressing and toppings), a 16 oz. container of organic spring mix for $1.99 and some organic apples for $.99 per lb. Everything for about $7.

So for lunch I used one of the stir fry packages and added some onion, red pepper, celery and black rice that I had on hand. When it was finished, my plant-powered brain said, “Let's add some more greens and make this dish even healthier. Why not serve it on a bed of the spring mix and top it with my Thai peanut sauce.” And so I did. Winner … winner … yummy, healthy dinner!!! OK, it wasn’t dinner  … it was lunch. Again, just go with it.

Perhaps stir fried veggies on top of greens is nothing new for you, or maybe you're saying "ew," but it was totally freaking awesome. I will definitely be doing this again … tomorrow, in fact, for lunch.  I just need to make more of my peanut sauce.

For dinner I used a package of the Mediterranean salad, one apple and more spring mix for a big, beautiful chopped salad topped with air fried Japanese sweet potatoes. I dressed it with a homemade no oil, no sugar, lemon Dijon salad dressing. Looking forward to a re-run of this one as well. 

If you’re interested in any of the recipes I used, here’s a couple links:

Thai peanut sauce (Scroll to the bottom of the page)

Lemon Dijon salad dressing (I omitted the poppy seeds, added a couple more dates, and increased the mustard.)

*Disclaimer: For the record, I do not subscribe to a polytheistic view, as may be inferred by this statement, and do not believe in actual produce gods, or any other gods other than the one, true God  … the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.