Green Goddess Salad
Green Goddess dressing has been on our list to recreate as an oil-free dressing for over a year. The original dressing uses various animal products to create the popular flavor so it has taken quite a bit of experimenting to get this just right. I think I finally have it nailed and this salad and dressing recipe is our new favorite. Eating salad every day is essential to a Plant Based Vegan diet, even in the winter. I hope this refreshing salad full of green magic will be one way for you to get your greens in!
Equipment
Ingredients
Salad
- 4 cups cabbage chopped
- 3 cups romaine chopped
- 2 cups cucumbers chopped
- ½ cup spring onion diced
- 1 cup broccoli sprouts optional
Dressing
- 1 cup fresh basil
- ½ cup fresh parsley
- 1 cup spinach
- ¼ cup spring onion
- tarragon leaves optional
- 2 lemons juiced
- ¼ cup cashews
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Place all the salad ingredients into a large salad bowl.
- Add all dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour dressing over salad and mix together.
- Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 8gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 97mgPotassium: 695mgFiber: 7gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 5026IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 105mgIron: 3mg
I have been wanting to make another Green Goddess Dressing recipe but yours looks even better! I can’t have nuts or seeds. Do you have a recommendation for replacing both? Maybe white beans or silken tofu for the cashews and hemp or flax for the sunflower seeds? I’m open to any suggestions. Thanks!
I would say a mixture of tofu and hemp seeds.
You frequently use tarragon. Is there something with a similar taste to it that can be substituted? I am a big gardener and whenecer I used to plant taragon, if I got even near to it, my skin would break out into redness and an obvious allergic reaction, so I stopped planting and eating it.
I don’t know anything that has a similar flavor but you can just leave it out.
Tarragon is in the liquorice flavor family. Try one of the basils, anise, star anise or fennel. Experiment!
My family of four LOVED this salad!!! YUM! I added rinsed garbanzo beans. Thanks for the recipe!
I notice nutritional yeast is used in many recipes. What’s a good substitute for that? I like the flavor it imparts but Nutritional yeast gives me a crushing headache. I’ve also read it has natural occurring MSG.
It really depends on the recipe. It can be left out of this one
can you sub the raisins for a date 1 or 2 ?
Yes, I would just go with 1 so it doesn’t end up too sweet