Making a Salad in the Weston Manual Kitchen Kit

Little known fact: You can make your own dressing AND slice up your salad fruits & veggies all in one little Weston Manual Kitchen Kit. We use the recipe below to show you how it's done. The ingredients are what's in season in our neck of the woods right now, so feel free to change it up based on what you can get. A couple of secrets to perfect salads: 1. Use the edible greens from your veggies 2. Include at least one fruit, one nut, something sweet, something bitter, a little pungency - run the gamut in terms of flavor and texture. 

- Ingredients -

Rhubarb Vinaigrette (makes 1 1/2 cups)
3/4 cups homemade rhubarb syrup
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
10 fresh basil leaves
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Salad for one
one carrot + greens
2 radishes + greens
1 beet + greens
handful kale
1 strawberry
1 ramp
small handful dried cranberries
sprinkle of pine nuts

- Tools -
Weston Manual Kitchen Kit


Place the chopper attachment into the Manual Kitchen Kit, along with all of the salad dressing ingredients. Once the basil is chopped, replace the chopper with the mixer and beat the dressing for a couple of minutes. Set aside.

Rinse your greens and let them dry.

We use our Weston Cone Strainer to rinse and drip-dry our salad greens

Attach the mandoline slicer to the Weston Kitchen Kit with the straight blade attached. Use this to slice your strawberries, radishes, and ramps.

Replace the straight blade with the grating plate on the mandoline. Use this to grate your beets and carrots.

Remove the mandoline and put the chopper back into the Manual Kitchen Kit. Use this to chop up your greens.

Ready to serve! Don't forget to sprinkle with pine nuts and cranberries.