Green Goddess Salad

Hey Everyone, I hope your day has been well.

So this salad was really popular on TikTok a while back and I thought it was great a great salad idea. This salad consists of mostly green ingredients which is where the name comes from. There’s so many variations out there to choose from so I just combined my favourites together. If you’ve followed me for a while you’d know that I don’t usually use dressing in my salads so this was an exception 🙂

This would be great for hosting dinners, maybe as a side salad or starters. You can also serve the salad with toasted pitta bread, rice cakes, crackers or tacos.

Salad dressing

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

1 tbsp lemon juice

6 tbsp olive oil

Handful of parsley

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 tsp maple syrup

Pinch of salt and pepper

Method

1. Whisk everything together until fully combined and set aside.

Ingredients

Tortilla chips to serve

Lettuce, roughly chopped

Kale, chopped

Cucumber, sliced into quarters

Radish, grated

Spring onion, finely sliced

Method

1. Prepare all of your salad ingredients and mix together in a bowl.
2. Drizzle the salad dressing over the top and leave for a few minutes to be absorbed.
3. Serve with tortilla chips.

It’s all about the Kale

Kale is fast becoming one of those super foods which are also very popular by celebrities so I’ve got some mini recipes you could try.

~ Steam it for breakfast with a fried egg, mushrooms and a sprinkle of black pepper.

~ Blend with pine nuts, parmesan cheese and garlic to make a quick pesto.

~ Saute with a curry paste and ginger, adding prawns for part of a meal.

~ Try wilted kale in a casserole with salami.

Benefits of kale:

1. It’s an excellent source of Vitamin C

2. It’s the most nutrient dense food in the world

3. Lastly kale is high in lutein and zeaxanthin which are powerful nutrients that protect the eyes