alicia's sicilian salad

For dinner tonight I kept it very simple. I was craving your everyday turkey sandwich, so I ran over to Sunflower and got myself some hickory-smoked tofurkey for my 12 grain bread and sliced tomatoes with pepper. Simple, right? Well, I thought I should make things even more exciting by adding ....

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This salad I found in Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Diet.

I.am.in.love with this book!!

She is so thought provoking and has really made me feel even more aware of what I am putting into my body. When I eat, I am feeding my heart, body, mind, and soul. Before reading her book I was already very aware of what I wanted to be putting into my body, but she has provided me the tools it takes to do so. I plan to try every recipe in her book and gain the knowledge of not-very-common vegetables out there. "Vegetables" was a word I hated for a long long time, now I'm giving them the chance to show me what they got ;)

Beginning with this salad....which I enjoyed very much. It was mega flavorful for only having 6 ingredients. It has Collard greens (some stems kept for extra mineral source), raisins, pine nuts, garlic, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. And water...if you count the moisture used from rinsing the organic greens (kind of important)...but that's it!! Easy easy easy peasy! I will be making this a lot. That is, if I have time when making every.single.other recipe that she has!