Green Goddess Salad (Healthy Dressing!)
Green goddess salad CAN be healthy while tasting indulgent and oh-so mouthwatering. This salad is exactly that, loaded with veggies and a healthy, homemade green goddess dressing. The dressing is healthy without compromising on flavor; in fact, it’s better this way!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- Blender (or a food processor will work too)
Ingredients
The Salad
- 10 ounces baby kale
- 10 ounces yellow cherry tomatoes quartered
- 1 English cucumber chopped
- 1 small sweet onion thinly sliced
- ½ cup red wine vinegar for pickled onion
- ½ cup cold water for pickled onion
- Optional: turkey bacon or other mix-ins or toppers see notes below for more details
The Green Goddess Dressing
- 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large garlic clove peeled
- ½ lemon juiced
- ¼ cup fresh Italian parsley roughly chopped and packed
- ¼ cup fresh chives roughly chopped and packed
- 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon roughly chopped and packed
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- For the salad: in a bowl, add thinly sliced onion, water and red wine vinegar. Let onions pickle for 10 minutes.
- Use a sharp knife to roughly chop baby kale on a large cutting board. Add chopped kale, cucumber, tomatoes and drained pickled onion (and crispy diced turkey bacon if desired) to a large salad bowl.
- For the dressing: in a blender, add yogurt, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, parsley, chives, tarragon, white wine vinegar, and salt & pepper to taste. Blend until creamy and uniform, stopping to scrape down the sides of the blender as needed.
- To assemble: add about three-quarters of the dressing to the salad and toss. Add more dressing if desired. Serve as-is or topped with one of the proteins in my notes below!
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Notes
- Add turkey bacon: I LOVE baking turkey bacon in the oven until its extra crispy and then chopping it and adding it to the salad. It’s the best addition.
- Top with salmon: top your salad with salmon. My favorite kind is chilled Poached Salmon that’s extra tender and moist.
- Top with chicken: add juicy Baked Chicken Breast to your salad.
- Top with avocado: add sliced avocado to the top of your salad.
- Top with hard boiled eggs: top or mix in Hard Boiled Eggs to your salad!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 88mg | Potassium: 863mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 7734IU | Vitamin C: 89mg | Calcium: 323mg | Iron: 4mg