EASY + Healthy Spring Salad Recipe that Tastes AMAZING!

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Goat cheese offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

mixed greens

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: romaine lettuce

Spinach is nutrient-dense and often less expensive.

avocado

🥗Healthier: mashed avocado

💰Cheaper: sliced cucumbers

Cucumbers add crunch with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often more affordable.

Start with a base of romaine lettuce.

Thinly slice the cucumbers and add them to the salad.

Thinly slice the fennel and add it to the salad.

Add sliced aloha peppers to the salad.

Add sliced radishes to the salad.

Add sliced oranges to the salad.

Add green onion to the salad.

Chop and add the fronds of fennel to the salad.

Lightly toss all the vegetables together.

For the dressing, add tahini to a bowl.

Add fresh orange juice to the tahini.

Add apple cider vinegar to the dressing mixture.

Add grainy Dijon mustard to the dressing mixture.

Add water to thin out the dressing.

Add a pinch of sea salt and black pepper to the dressing.

Optionally, add maple syrup to balance the flavors.

Whisk the dressing until creamy smooth.

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss to combine.

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