Description
This Spring Green Salad features fresh spinach, vibrant veggies, and a zesty lemon basil vinaigrette. It’s a healthy, easy dish perfect for any meal occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 cups organic spinach
- ½ head red or green cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup microgreens (or alfalfa sprouts)
- ¾ cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
- 2 persian cucumbers, sliced or roughly chopped
- 3 radishes, trimmed and chopped or sliced
- ¼ cup pickled red onions or very thinly sliced raw red onion
- ½ cup pitted castelvetrano green olives, halved
- 1 medium ripe avocado, sliced or chopped
- 4 ounces crumbled feta or goat cheese
- ¼ cup roasted and salted pistachios
- ¼ cup roasted sunflower seeds
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey or sugar
- 4 basil leaves, finely chopped
- freshly ground salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, minced garlic, dijon mustard, honey or sugar, chopped basil, salt, and black pepper until emulsified. Alternatively, blend all vinaigrette ingredients in a high-speed blender and adjust seasoning as desired.
- In a large bowl, add spinach and drizzle with half of the vinaigrette. Toss gently to coat the leaves evenly.
- Layer the shredded cabbage, microgreens, thawed peas, halved cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, chopped radishes, pickled onions, halved olives, and avocado on top of the spinach.
- Sprinkle the crumbled feta or goat cheese, roasted pistachios, and sunflower seeds over the salad mixture.
- Season it with salt and pepper according to your taste.
- Serve the salad with the remaining vinaigrette on the side for guests to drizzle as they prefer.
Notes
Feel free to customize the salad by adding your favorite vegetables or proteins.
For meal prep, store the dressing separately to keep the salad fresh longer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 25mg