Everything Spring Green Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette
Beautiful spring green salad filled with fresh seasonal produce, seeds & creamy avocado, and tossed in the BEST lemon basil vinaigrette. Enjoy this gorgeous, flavorful spring salad as a main meal, easy side dish, or recipe for a potluck!
Servings 6 servings
Calories 226cal
Ingredients
- 6 cups organic spinach
- ½ head red or green cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup microgreens (or alfalfa sprouts)
- ¾ cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
- 2 persian cucumbers, sliced or roughly chopped
- 3 radishes, trimmed and chopped or sliced
- ¼ cup pickled red onions OR very thinly sliced raw red onion
- ½ cup pitted Castelvetrano green olives, halved
- 1 medium ripe avocado, sliced or chopped
- 4 ounces crumbled feta or crumbled goat cheese
- ¼ cup roasted and salted pistachios
- ¼ cup roasted sunflower seeds
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- For the lemon basil vinaigrette:
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey or sugar
- 4 basil leaves, finely chopped
- Freshly ground salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- To make the basil lemon vinaigrette: Whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients in a small bowl until well combined and emulsified. You can also blend everything together in a high-speed blender. Taste, add salt and pepper and adjust seasonings as necessary.
- Add spinach to a large bowl and drizzle on half of the dressing, toss gently to coat. Add salad to a platter (or leave in the large bowl), then arrange and layer the other ingredients on top of the greens. Garish with salt and pepper. Serve with the remaining basil lemon vinaigrette on the side for guests to drizzle on if they desire.
Notes
To store: I recommend storing this salad without the dressing for up to 4-5 days. Dress the salad as soon as you're ready to eat it so that the spinach doesn't get soggy.
See the full post for easy ways to customize this salad!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 226cal | Carbohydrates: 16.7g | Protein: 6.4g | Fat: 16.5g | Fiber: 7.3g | Sugar: 7.5g