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Green Goddess Spring Salad with Sweet & Spicy Walnuts

Ingredients

  • 2 cup baby greens
  • couple slices of watermelon radish
  • handful sweet & spicy walnuts
  • Green Goddess Dressing
  • salt and pepper to taste

Green Goddess Dressing

  • 1/4 cup fresh basil
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro feel free to omit if you don't like the taste of cilantro
  • 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 avocado peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 tsp himalayan salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper to taste

Sweet & Spicy Walnuts

  • 1 cup raw whole walnuts
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • pinch salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. In a salad bowl, add baby lettuce greens

Green Goddess Dressing

  1. To make the Green Goddess Dressing: In a high speed blender, all add dressing ingredients, and blend until smooth. Taste, and add more pepper, salt, lemon juice to your liking. This dressing can be kept for up to 3 days in a closed glass container in the refrigerator. Shake  before.

  2. To assemble: pour a tbsp of dressing onto the salad, and lightly toss until evenly coated.  Add a tbsp of ricotta, a handful of nuts and watermelon radish slices and serve.

Sweet & Spicy Walnuts

  1. In a preheated skillet on medium, add all ingredients. Stir the nuts until well coated and continue to sauté until fragrant and toasted.*

Recipe Notes

If you prefer, you can roast the walnuts.

Preheat an oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment. In a bowl add all the sweet & spicy walnut ingredients. Stir until well coated. Pour onto the baking sheet lined in a single layer. Bake until fragrant and browned, approx 15-20 mins.