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A salad that’s eaten using chips instead of a fork? No wonder this gloriously green creation has gone viral!

Packed full of green goodness, this Green Goddess Salad went ballistic on TikTok, with the original recipe posted by Baked by Melissa clocking up more than 18 million views. It’s super easy to make, healthy and filling and a great twist on a traditional salad.

It’s essentially a vegan pesto type of dressing that can really be made with whatever green veggies you have in the fridge. Just tweak and tune the recipe to your liking – swap out the nuts for different types, switch out the herbs or use a different oil. Although this salad makes a brilliant side dish, if you pair it with some pita chips, it’s just asking to be gobbled down as a meal on its own!

Have a look at how quick it is to make:

Watch on TikTok


Ingredients

  • 1 small head green cabbage
  • 3-4 baby cucumbers or one large
  • 1/4 cup chives
  • 1 bundle green onion/scallions
  • 1 cup basil leaves
  • 1 cup spinach leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small shallot
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup nuts of your choice (I used cashews and walnuts)
  • 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbl rice vinegar
  • Extra chives (optional)

Method

  1. Wash and then chop all salad ingredients (green cabbage, baby cucumbers, chives, green onions) as small as you’d like and place in a big bowl.
  2. Add all liquid salad dressing ingredients (lemon juice, olive oil, rice vinegar) to a blender, then add the rest of the dressing ingredients (basil leaves, spinach leaves, garlic, shallot, nuts, yeast, salt chives) to the same blender and blend until smooth.
  3. Pour dressing over salad mix and enjoy with a chip or two!

  • Looks so tasty and fresh! Would make a treat lunch on a hot day I think.

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  • I’m always looking to try new healthy recipes so might give this a go.

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  • Such a simple and interesting recipe idea, thanks.

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  • This looks amazing and I love this way of eating a salad. The best!

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  • It’s very green. I think I’ll just eat guac.

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  • Looks tasty but a few too many ingredients for me. I like quick and simple recipes as I am quite time poor

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  • I’ve made this. A few times and can confirm it’s awesome!

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  • I love green salad and this one looks delicious and just perfect

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  • I do love my greens, but I would need some colour in this to make it appetising. Thanks for the recipe – with a bit of tweaking it will work.

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  • I prefer quite a healthy diet but this recipe doesn’t look appetizing at all. It is too green. And it looks like a sauce /guacamole, not a salad. Id add pomegranate seeds for a pop of colour.

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  • That’s a lot of ingredients! Think I’ll stick to guacamole

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  • Oh dear. I’m not sure that a green salad is going to be tempting for my family. Glad it suits some

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  • The name is fantastic and looks simple and easy enough to make

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  • I just love the name if this salad, such fun!

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  • That does not look great. My kids would not touch this. Not quite the recipe I’m looking for.

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  • Looks super healthy! I actually thought scallions and shallots were the same thing.

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  • This looks and sounds really good!

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  • This actually looks really good.

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  • Love nutritional yeast – such great taste and a great thing to add to meals/dishes. This sounds great, another dish to add it to!! Cheers

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  • I’ll be honest this is a hard no from me, you can give me all the chips and crackers you like but it’ll probably still make me think I’m eating a tree


    • I find vibrant green coloured food so tempting.

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