Big Green Salad With Green Dressing

It Can Be Easy Being Green

This Big Green Salad with Green Dressing is a fun, festive, and healthy dish to include on your holiday party spreads. It’s made with spinach and iceberg lettuce then topped with all the delicious crunchy veggies like cucumber and celery.

Feel free to swap these green veggies for other green veggies of your choice. The green dressing is simple and a tiny bit healthier, made with sour cream, ranch powder, and avocados.

The dressing is creamy, thick, and delicious with the addition of parsley and rice wine vinegar.

The full recipe for this Big Green Salad with Green Dressing is below. Pin the recipe to Pinterest and you can also print it.

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Slice & Dice

Be sure to slice and dice your veggies so that they are easy for you and your guests to enjoy. The secret to a good salad are smaller and even pieces.

This is so that you are not struggling to eat your salad with large, uneven bites. I chose this mix of all green vegetables, but the green veggies are interchangeable.

I have made this salad with pea-pods, snow peas, green peas, and sprouts. Really any green veggies of your choice.

The Recipe

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Yield: 12 to 15 Servings

Big Green Salad With Green Dressing

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A Big Salad Filled With Green Veggies and a delicious creamy dressing made with ranch packets, avocado, sour cream, parsley and rice wine vinegar. This salad is so vibrant and healthy looked. It will make a great centerpiece for your holiday spread.

Ingredients

• 1 Seedless Cucumber, Sliced Into Rounds
• 2 Cups of Brussels Sprouts, Sliced Into Ribbons
• 8 Green Onions, White And Green Parts Sliced Thin
• 5 Celery Ribs, Minced Finely
• 2 Green Peppers, Cut Into Slices or Diced
• 4 Cups of Spinach
• 6 Cups Of Chopped Iceberg Lettuce or Romaine
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dried Parsley
• For The Dressing
• 2 Avocados
• 2 packets of Ranch Salad Dressing Mix
• 10 ounces (approximately) of Sour Cream
• 1 Cup of Rice Wine Vinegar
• A Large Handful Of Parsley, Cut the Leaves From The Stems, It Is Ok, If There Are Some Stems

Instructions

1. Add your lettuce and spinach to a bowl and give it a good toss.
2. Layer your veggies around the bowl artisitcally. I present the salad this way, but toss it before serving so that it is easier for everyone to get all of the Green Veggies.
3. Sprinkle the salad with some salt (I use Kosher Salt) Black Pepper and The Dried Parsley
4. For the dressing add the two avocados to your blender, the ranch packets, the sour cream and the rice wine vinegar, blend until smooth.
5. Add the parsley a little at a time to the blender, and blend until smooth.
6. The dressing will keep in the fridge for at least a week. I serve the dressing on the side, but you can also toss with the salad before serving if you wish.
7. For Christmas you can add cherry tomatoes to the salad and drape rosemary clippings on the salad to make it look more festive for the holiday.

Air Fried Avocado Tacos are another great, healthier recipe.