If you’re looking for a refreshing, healthy salad that’s packed with flavor, you’ve got to try this Green Goddess Salad. This ingenious chopped salad is filled to the brim with green veggies and topped with a delicious, creamy dressing that’s loaded with even more greens. Plus, it comes together in just minutes, making it perfect for a quick and easy meal.
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🗝️ Recipe’s key points
- It’s loaded with healthy greens: The base of this salad is green cabbage, cucumber, and scallions, but the dressing also includes spinach and dill for an extra dose of green goodness.
- The dressing is out of this world: Made with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, red wine vinegar, garlic, shallots, scallions, spinach, dill, nutritional yeast, and oregano, this dressing is creamy, tangy, and packed with flavor.
- It’s customizable: While we love the Greek/Mediterranean twist on this salad, you can easily make it your own by swapping out ingredients or adding your favorite toppings.
- It’s perfect for sharing: This Panera Green Goddess Salad is served with pita chips or toasted pita for scooping, making it a fun and interactive dish that’s great for parties or gatherings.
With just a few simple steps and minimal prep time, this easy and delicious Green Goddess Salad comes together in a snap. It’s perfectly healthy and full of incredible flavors!
🛒 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You’ll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
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- Lemons
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Tahini
- Red wine vinegar
- Garlic cloves – Peeled and roughly chopped
- Small shallots – Peeled and roughly chopped
- Scallions – Roughly chopped
- Baby spinach
- Fresh dill
- Nutritional yeast – This vegan ingredient adds a parmesan cheese flavor to the dressing. If you don’t want to keep it vegan, you are welcome to use grated parmesan cheese instead.
- Dried oregano
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Small green cabbage – Diced
- Persian cucumbers – Diced. You can also use regular cucumbers, but you may way to seed and peel them before dicing.
- Feta – Crumbled
- Toasted sesame seeds – For garnish
- Pita chips or toasted pita – For serving
🗒 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Add lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, vinegar, garlic, shallots, scallions, spinach, dill, nutritional yeast, and oregano to a blender.
- Blend green goddess dressing ingredients until smooth, then season to taste with salt and pepper.
- In a large bowl, add cabbage, cucumbers, scallions, and feta.
- Toss Green Goddess Salad ingredients until combined.
- Pour the dressing over the salad.
- Toss to coat.
- Garnish your Green Goddess Salad with dill and sesame seeds.
- Serve with pita bread or pita chips for a perfect crunch!
🥫 Storage
You can prepare the dressing and chop the vegetables up to 1 day in advance. Store them separately in the refrigerator. When ready to serve, toss the salad ingredients together and drizzle with the dressing.
Store any leftover Green Goddess Salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. The salad may become slightly watery as the vegetables release moisture, so drain any excess liquid before serving.
📚 Variations
- Protein Boost: Add some cooked, shredded chicken or chickpeas to the salad for an extra dose of protein.
- Mix Up the Greens: Swap out the green cabbage for kale, romaine, or your favorite leafy green.
- Herb Swap: Try using basil, parsley, or cilantro in place of the dill for a different flavor.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- Chop the vegetables into small, uniform pieces for the best texture and flavor distribution.
- Massage the chopped cabbage with a bit of salt to help soften it and make it more tender.
- Adjust the consistency of the dressing by adding more lemon juice or water to thin it out or more tahini to thicken it up.
- Toast the pita or make pita chips for added crunch and flavor.
🤔 FAQs
Green goddess salad dressing is typically made of mayonnaise, sour cream, chervil, chives, anchovy, tarragon, lemon juice, and pepper. Our version is a little different with simpler ingredients.
Yes, it’s best to add dressing to green salads just before serving to prevent the leaves from becoming soggy and wilted.
Green goddess dip is usually made with similar ingredients as the dressing, such as mayonnaise, sour cream, herbs (like chives, parsley, and tarragon), anchovy paste, lemon juice, and garlic.
Green Goddess Dressing has a bright, herby, and tangy flavor. It’s creamy, fresh, and slightly peppery from the fresh garlic.
It’s called green goddess salad because of the dressing’s vibrant green color, which comes from the blend of green herbs used in the recipe.
For more fresh green salad recipes, you’ll want to try:
🍽 What to serve with Greek Goddess Salad
This dish is so delicious on it’s own, but it would also be wonderful with a protein on top to make it a complete meal!
I love to top my Green Goddess Salad with grilled chicken, shrimp, or salmon fillets for a protein boost.
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Blender or food processor
- Sharp knife and cutting board
- Large mixing bowl
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Citrus juicer
- Whisk
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
This Green Goddess Salad recipe is absolutely heavenly. It is perfect for a pranzo(light lunch), insalata(side salad), or antipasto (party appetizer). The combination of fresh, crisp veggies, creamy dressing, and crunchy pita chips will surely become a new favorite snack.
If you want to add more verdure(vegetables) to your family’s diet but don’t know where to start, try this delicious insalata (salad) topped with homemade Green Goddess Dressing. Remember, this salad is super healthy and packed with vitamins and nutrients, but it’s also incredibly tasty and satisfying. Say arrivederci(goodbye) to boring salads and “ciao” to the Green Goddess Salad and Dressing.
Print out the ricetta(recipe) below and enjoy more greens today. Your taste buds and your body will thank you.
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📖 Recipe
Green Goddess Salad and Dressing
This Green Goddess chopped salad is filled with green veggies: a green cabbage base with cucumber and scallion. The creamy homemade dressing includes green veggies. The salad resembles a chunky dip, so we suggest pita chips to scoop up the salad.
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Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 315kcal
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Ingredients
Green Goddess Dressing
- 2 lemons juiced
- ¼ c. extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ c. tahini
- 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 small shallot peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 scallions roughly chopped
- 1 c. baby spinach
- ½ c. fresh dill
- ¼ c. nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Green Goddess Salad
- 1 small green cabbage diced
- 2 Persian cucumbers diced
- 3 scallions thinly sliced
- 4 oz. feta vegan or regular, crumbled
- Fresh dill for garnish
- Toasted sesame seeds for garnish
- Pita chips or toasted pita for serving
Instructions
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Add lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, vinegar, garlic, shallots, scallions, spinach, dill, nutritional yeast, and oregano to a blender. Blend until smooth, then season to taste with salt and pepper.
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In a large bowl, toss cabbage, cucumbers, scallions, and feta until combined. Pour over the dressing and toss to coat. Garnish with dill and sesame seeds, and serve with pita.
Notes
If you want to keep the salad vegan, you can either omit the feta, find vegan feta, or add crumbled firm tofu.
Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 1026mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5595IU | Vitamin C: 106mg | Calcium: 286mg | Iron: 5mg
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