Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you will need for this flavorful salad.

Romaine: Romaine has great crunch & mild flavor that lets the dressing shine. It can be replaced with green leaf lettuce.

Blood oranges: Blood oranges have bright, bold color. But you can easily replace them with any standard oranges, tangerines, or mandarin oranges.

Veggies: Celery, cucumber, bell pepper, and shredded cabbage mix.

Bagged shredded cabbage mix often includes carrot. I buy it at Trader Joe’s. It’s one of my favorite vegan Trader Joe’s products.

Feel free to replace with hand shredded cabbage.

Peanut salad dressing: This nutty & tangy peanut salad dressing is the star of the show.

Peanuts: A handful of peanuts add crunch & bring it all together.

Step by step instructions

Here’s how to make the recipe at a glance. For complete ingredient amounts & instructions, keep scrolling to the recipe card below.

In a big salad bowl, combine the following:

Make a batch of peanut salad dressing by mixing:

Drizzle the peanut dressing over the salad.

Finish with a garnish of peanuts.

Make it your own

You can easily make this salad your own by varying the ingredients.

Almost any of the ingredients can be swapped out or omitted.

Replace romaine with iceberg lettuce, butter lettuce, spinach, or a lettuce mix.
Instead of blood oranges, use standard navel oranges, tangerines, clementines, or mandarin oranges. (Even canned mandarin oranges would work here!)
Instead of using bagged shredded cabbage mix, shred green or purple cabbage by hand.
Use orange, yellow, or red bell peppers.
Add edamame or seitan chicken for protein.
For more deliciousness, add sliced or cubed avocado and/or green onions.
If you’d prefer a dressing with no oil added, use peanut sauce instead.
For even more crunch, add crunchy chow mein noodles on top.

What to serve with it