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Crack Pot Salad with Paleo Croutons

If you've been missing croutons since going Paleo, this salad is going to be like crack for you. by Marla Sarris, updated November 6, 2016 Posted on July 6, 2015

Paleo Recipe Crack Pot Salad with Paleo Croutons
Marla Sarris
Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo, Studio Manager & Barre Instructor at The Dailey Method, Personal Trainer & Small Group Fitness Instructor at Legit Fit, as well as the Executive Producer of Minimalism. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.

When we were in Austin for Paleo f(x) we were invited to a Paleo potluck. This is the dish I prepared.

Luckily we had access to a kitchen with our Airbnb rental, although this salad for you, may not require the use of a kitchen.

Crack Pot Salad with Paleo CroutonsCrack Pot Salad with Paleo Croutons

What’s With The Title?

You’re probably wondering why I called this one Crack Pot Salad! Well, there are several reasons. The first being, like crack, it’s so good you won’t be able to stop eating it.

Prior to heading to the party we met up with all our friends from Paleo Chicago at Dolce Neve.

When we were done catching up and trying all the tasty ice cream treats, we left Dolce and walked down the street to check out what else was around.

Austin CRAFT House: Adults Only!

We came across a house that was renovated and exists solely to allow adults to run with their creative energy and create any sort of craft they can think of. This house is quite amazing! And, it is filled with any medium you can think of necessary to make art.

After touring the walls of CRAFT and everything there is available at this walk-in DIY studio for adults we kept walking down the road and came to a gas station/convenience store. We stepped in to pick up some local kombucha and that’s when I spotted the pork rinds.

I grabbed a few bags for the road and when we got back to our Airbnb, I decided to throw the pork rinds into the salad to see how it would go.

Turns out, when pork rinds are tossed with salad dressing and veggies, they lose some of their crunch but keep just enough to give the essence of croutons!

So you may be thinking: “now that explains the Paleo croutons, what about the crack part?”

Mixing Bowls, Smixing Bowls

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a huge proponent of working with what’cha got! And that applies to more than just the kitchen and the ingredients you have available. In this situation, I’m referring to utensils and supplies.

When I was getting ready to prepare a salad in our rental, I looked in every cabinet and drawer for a large mixing bowl and there just wasn’t one big enough to prepare the size salad I was planning to make. So I pulled out the largest, deepest pot there was among all the pots & pans and used that instead.

BOOM! No mixing bowl needed.

How Does It Taste?

Jeff and Dave gave the salad a try and they were hooked upon first bite but I put a lid on that and wrapped up what was left to bring to the party.

This salad is quite addicting and I just know you’ll be adding pork rinds to your salad every time now. Especially if you’ve been missing croutons!

Just remember, soggy croutons (and soggy pork rinds alike) don’t really taste great as leftovers, so be sure to eat all that salad when you make it the first time. :)

Crack Pot Salad with Paleo Croutons

Crack Pot Salad with Paleo Croutons

Yield: 6-8 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1lb Organic Girl SuperGreens!
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 avocado, mashed
  • 2 cups purple cabbage, chopped
  • coarse ground sea salt, to taste
  • extra virgin olive oil, to taste
  • apple cider vinegar, to taste
  • 3oz pork rinds, crushed (Or make your own!)

Directions

  1. When you don't have a ginormous mixing bowl, pull out your largest stock pot to use instead.
  2. Add the baby greens, minced garlic, mashed avocado and purple cabbage. Season with sea salt, olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Toss to combine. (If you don't have SuperGreens, any mixture of baby greens will do. I recommend baby arugula, baby spinach and baby romaine. Or full size greens, chopped, work as well.)
  3. Stir in crushed pork rinds and prepare to serve. As the salad sits, the pork rinds will absorb the olive oil and apple cider vinegar and become less and less crispy. Depending on how crispy you'd like your Paleo croutons will depend on when you should mix your pork rinds and dressing into the salad.
  4. Enjoy! :)

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About the Author Marla Sarris

Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo, Studio Manager & Barre Instructor at The Dailey Method, Personal Trainer & Small Group Fitness Instructor at Legit Fit, as well as the Executive Producer of Minimalism. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.

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