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With a new year looming and thoughts of lighter, brighter days ahead, plus the fact that my clothes are feeling quite tight at the moment, a fresh salad with lots of crunch and flavor seems appropriate.

This particular salad is all about the dressing, which is easy to mix up. You may need a couple of ingredients that you don’t have on hand, such as fish sauce and rice vinegar, but they’re worth getting because they keep a long time and they amp up flavor in a variety of dishes. You can use whatever combination of greens you want for this salad. The addition of crushed nuts adds extra crunch.

Thai Peanut Salad

Serves 4-6

• 1 to 2 bunches of mixed greens, lettuces, or kale, cut or torn into bite-size pieces 
• Thai Peanut Dressing
• Crushed macadamia nuts or peanuts or almonds, optional

Place greens into large salad bowl. Toss with Thai Peanut Dressing as desired. Top with crushed nuts as desired.

Thai Peanut Dressing

• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons minced shallot or yellow onion
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 teaspoons tamari or soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons monk fruit sweetener (or regular sugar)
• Pinch of kosher salt
• 1/3 cup almond butter or peanut butter

Whisk together all ingredients until well blended. Or place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

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Crunchy, Flavorful Thai Peanut Salad

by Donna Britt, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 28, 2023

<h1>Crunchy, Flavorful Thai Peanut Salad</h1> <p class="byline">by Donna Britt, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 28, 2023</p> <p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="fdnDropCap">W</span>ith a new year looming and thoughts of lighter, brighter days ahead, plus the fact that my clothes are feeling quite tight at the moment, a fresh salad with lots of crunch and flavor seems appropriate.</p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thaisalad_eats.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thaisalad_eats.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-54159" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Choose whatever lettuces or greens you prefer and toss them in Thai Peanut Dressing for a fresh, flavorful salad.</figcaption></figure> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> This particular salad is all about the dressing, which is easy to mix up. You may need a couple of ingredients that you don’t have on hand, such as fish sauce and rice vinegar, but they’re worth getting because they keep a long time and they amp up flavor in a variety of dishes. You can use whatever combination of greens you want for this salad. The addition of crushed nuts adds extra crunch. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b>Thai Peanut Salad </b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Serves 4-6 </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <ul> <li>1 to 2 bunches of mixed greens, lettuces, or kale, cut or torn into bite-size pieces&nbsp;</li> <li>Thai Peanut Dressing</li> <li>Crushed macadamia nuts or peanuts or almonds, optional</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> Place greens into large salad bowl. Toss with Thai Peanut Dressing as desired. Top with crushed nuts as desired. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><br /> Thai Peanut Dressing </b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <ul> <li>2 teaspoons minced garlic</li> <li>2 teaspoons minced shallot or yellow onion</li> <li>2 teaspoons minced ginger</li> <li>Juice of 1 lime</li> <li>1 tablespoon fish sauce</li> <li>2 teaspoons tamari or soy sauce</li> <li>2 teaspoons rice vinegar</li> <li>2 tablespoons monk fruit sweetener (or regular sugar)</li> <li>Pinch of kosher salt</li> <li>1/3 cup almond butter or peanut butter</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal"> Whisk together all ingredients until well blended. Or place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.</p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/thai-peanut-salad-20390879/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=54153&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/thai-peanut-salad-20390879/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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