Spring has come to the northern hemisphere finally in weather wise. Even though it may not feel like it with unusual coldness and rain, summer is just around the corner. Renewal, rebirth, and it seem that colors are coming back to life. Read more . And of course extra hours of sunlight, people often use extra time and nicer weather to spend more time outdoors. Whether it is hiking or picking up the tennis racquet or even playing a round of golf, it just seems humans like nature become back to life. Plus we carry weight over Fall and Winter result of many holidays meals, lack of sunshine, and cold weather. Now Spring is here, we are shedding layers of clothes as well as our weight to fit in summer clothes such as t-shirt or in bathing suit. I am putting out a few salad recipes to help you lose our Winter weight. With this in mind, I call this next dish the spring recipe because all the spring green colors pop in this dish and make this dish very spring like. From the light yellow of corn, deep brown or earth color from shiitake mushrooms, light brown color of soy chips, bright green of young garbanzo beans, this dish is very colorful. All the colors in the salad are vibrant, sort of colors that appear outside our windows and doors after a winter full of cold weather. It is a dish that is fun to look at while you are eating this delicious spicy salad.