Green Goddess Salad With Spicy Avocado Dressing

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The Viral TikTok Salad

Crunchy green cabbage, cucumbers, and scallions are all you need for the base of the amazing Green Goddess salad. The magic happens in the dressing! The original recipe from Baked by Melissa, calls for basil, spinach, garlic, shallot, lemon juice, olive oil, cashews, walnuts, nutritional yeast, and rice vinegar. If you’ve seen the trending Tik Tok video you know how strikingly green the dressing is!

Creating a Simple and Spicy Dressing

I changed up the dressing to give it that punch of spice that my family loves and I wanted to incorporate the ingredients that I always have in my kitchen. Fresh cilantro, lime juice, avocado, and jalapenos were made for each other! Thinking guacamole?? With just a few ingredients, the dressing is still a gorgeous green and has enough body from the creamy avocado, without the nuts and nutritional yeast, to coat the veggies.

Not Your Average Salad

With my spicy dressing, the salad is reminiscent of super fresh and crunchy guacamole–no wonder it’s so good with chips! The cabbage and cucumbers also add bulk making it filling, but light and guilt-free. I’ve enjoyed a huge bowl of this salad as a working lunch and it left me feeling super satisfied and energized!

Is it a salad? Is it a dip?

Whatever you call it, it’s delicious! Green Goddess Salad has so much potential, here’s how to serve it:

Make a huge bowl, serve it with chips, and delight your guests with a super fresh appetizer. Definitely making this for the Superbowl! Serve alongside Tandoori Chicken or Tandoori Salmon. The cool salad paired with the hot spiced tandoori dish is the chef’s kiss. Use as the crunchy slaw to top Blackened Fish Tacos or Roasted Cauliflower Tacos. Yum! Top your burger! Try it on the Sweet Potato and Black Bean Veggie Burger or Spicy Chicken Masala Burger.

How to Make Green Goddess Salad

Finely dice cabbage and cucumbers. Thinly slice scallions and chives. Add everything to a large bowl

Make the cilantro, avocado and jalapeno dressing

Add the dressing to the chopped veggies and mix well.

Serving

Here are a few fun ways to serve this salad: ✔️ Keep avocado and add a dollop of yogurt or sour cream to make it extra creamy ✔️ Replace avocado with cashews and water ✔️ Add a handful of spinach to add a bright green color