This Tiktok Green Goddess Salad recipe from Baked by Melissa is chockfull of nutrients and incredibly delicious. I too was skeptic but it is wonderful.
This recipe is based on the famous Trader Joe’s Green Goddess dressing, however this one does not use avocados.
How to eat this salad
Although Melissa suggest to eat the green goddess salad as a dip (with chips), this recipe is very versatile.
You can eat it on it’s own as a crunchy, tasty side salad. It also goes great with tacos especially fish tacos like this Halibut Tacos because it has cabbage.
This recipe would also be a great addition to a sandwich in a robust bread that can hold the moisture, like a chicken ciabatta bread sandwich for example.
If you decide to use it as a dip, highly suggest that you make sure the cabbage to dressing ratio is about 1:2 in order to make it easier to dip.
Green Goddess Dressing
In her recipe, Baked by Melissa uses the following ingredients for the dressing: basil, spinach, shallot, olive oil, cashews (can substitute for pistachio), garlic, rice vinegar, salt and nutritional yeast.
I did not have nutritional yeast, if you are not vegan you can easily substitute this for grated parmesan cheese. I didn’t add parmesan either and the salad is still very tasty.
Ingredients for the cabbage salad
Chopped cabbage, scallions and diced cucumbers. Melissa also added chives to her original recipe but I only added scallions.
This recipe is healthy and unexpectedly delicious. You can customize the ingredients to your personal taste and whatever you have on hand at the moment.
I would say one of the key ingredients in the salad dressing is the rice vinegar. It adds a very pleasant flavor and binds all the herbs together.
I will definitely add this to my menu rotation, especially for hot summer months, this would make a great dish to bring to a putlock or pool party because it is light and refreshing.
Recipe below is from Baked by Melissa. I adapted it removing the nutritional yeast.
Tiktok Green Goddess Salad Baked by Melissa
Ingredients
Green Goddess Salad
- 2 cups Green Cabbage shredded
- 1/2 cup diced cucumber
- 1/4 cup Scallions
Green Goddess Dressing
- 1 cup Basil Leaves
- 1 cup Spinach Leaves
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 small Shallot
- Juice of 2 Lemons
- 1/4 cup of Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup cashews Nuts of your choice
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
Instructions
Green Goddess Dressing
- In a food processor, combine the spinach, basil, garlic, shallot, cashews, olive oil, and salt.
- add the lemon juice and rice vinegar and pulse 3-4 times depending on how much texture you want in the dressing
Salad
- Mix the shredded cabbage, diced cucumber and chopped scallions and add the dressing.
- Mix well until the cabbage is coated in the green goddess dressing
- Serve with chips, as a side salad or top your favorite sandwich with it
Delicious! Do you have the calorie count?
Hi there,
I don’t have the nutritional info but I will soon be adding that to my recipes. Stay tuned.