HEALTHY VEGAN GREEN GODDESS SALAD

Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean the hot weather is going anywhere here in Australia. I’ve been craving a refreshing, light and healthy salad for those extra hot days. Enter my take on the Green Goddess Salad. Fresh, vibrant and delicious, this vegan salad is literally so good. Loaded with herbs, lemon, garlic and creamy avocado – you can’t go wrong really. Gone are the days of boring salads, and this one is made extra delicious by serving with corn chips! Weird concept I know, but it really works.

Typically a green goddess salad is made with cabbage, but I actually prefer to use iceberg lettuce. If you like cabbage though you can totally use it instead! The beauty of this salad is most of the ingredients can be swapped out if you don’t have them on hand. Don’t have cashews? You can totally use pine nuts, walnuts or almonds instead. It’s pretty customisable.

The salad:

The key to this green goddess salad is to finely chop all of the ingredients. This way it’s easier to scoop it onto a corn chip. In a large bowl mix together iceberg lettuce (any lettuce is fine but I like how crisp iceberg is), cucumber, red onion and fresh mint.

The dressing:

The dressing is loaded with all healthy ingredients. Spinach, basil, garlic, lemon, olive oil, avocado and cashews. The avocado helps everything to blend together really nicely, creating a deliciously creamy sauce. Simply toss the salad with the sauce, load onto a corn chip and enjoy!

If you’re looking for more vegan options, here’s some ideas…

• Mexican-style Black Bean Loaded Sweet Potatoes
• Chipotle Hasselback Baby Potatoes
• 5-minute Spicy Peanut Noodles
• Creamy Vegan Tikka Masala
• Smashed Avo Toast with Spiced Chickpeas

Let me know if you make this healthy vegan green goddess salad, I would love to hear what you think. And don’t forget, if you do make it, to tag me on Instagram!