Edamame Salad

This edamame salad recipe comes from my Beachbody coach.  This meal is packed with veggies and is SO simple and quick to throw together.  I like to add pre-cooked and packaged grilled, poached or rotisserie chicken to the salad (if I'm short on time), or (if I have more time), I like to roast salmon, or another protein, and add that on top.  Sometimes, I also eat a slice of high fiber bread with the salad to round out the meal.

Recipe:

1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips

1 bag of shredded carrots

1 bag of shredded green cabbage

1 bag of pre-cooked, refrigerated edamame with the shells already removed
1 lb cooked grilled or poached chicken, cubed (or protein of choice)

Fresh cilantro

1 or 2 avocados (use 1/4 of the avocado per serving)

Toasted sesame seeds

Any Asian sesame salad dressing

Directions:

1.  Slice the red bell pepper.

2.  In a large bowl, toss together the sliced red bell pepper, bag of carrots, bag of cabbage, and the edamame.

3.  Shred or cube the chicken, rinse and prepare the cilantro, and slice the avocado.

4.  Dish the salad mixture onto plates and top with the chicken or protein of choice, cilantro, avocado, sesame seeds, and dressing.

5.  Enjoy!

I buy the ingredients for this salad, minus the dressing, at Trader Joe's, but I imagine that Trader Joe's has a good Asian sesame salad dressing (I found one I love at Ralphs a.k.a. Kroger).  I will be investigating Trader Joe's Asian salad dressings on my next trip there.  Also, Trader Joe's sells a bag of shelled edamame in the frozen section and also a refrigerated container of already cooked and shelled edamame that save you time and are the perfect amount of edamame to use in this salad.