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Green Summer Salad with Herby Hemp Dressing
A simple late summer/early fall featuring fresh cucumbers and avocados all tossed with an easy vegan hemp seed based dressing.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
2
servings
Ingredients
Salad Base
- 2 cups baby spinach packed
- 1 cup cucumber sliced
- 4 scallions thinly sliced on the bias through greens
- 1 avocado peeled and cut into slices, ripe
Hemp Dressing
- 1/2 cup hemp seed
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
- 3 tablespoons basil minced
- 2 tablespoons parsley minced, fresh flat-leaf
- 2 tablespoons chive minced
- 1 teaspoon mustard stone ground
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic
- salt to taste
- black pepper for serving
Instructions
- Prep the salad ingredients as stated above, slicing everything into roughly the same size. Place in a bowl and make dressing.
- To make dressing, combine all the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. If using a regular blender or food processor, soak the hemp seeds for an hour or so before making the dressing. Taste and adjust salt as needed.
- Pour roughly 1/3 cup of dressing over the salads. Toss until the salad is combined and well coated with dressing, adding more dressing or serving the salad with dressing on the side.
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Notes
- Tips & Tricks: This dressing will keep in the refrigerator for a few days. Use it for other salads or as a sauce for grain bowls and/or roasted vegetables.
- Stock up: get the pantry ingredients you will need: Hemp Seeds, Cucumbers, Avocado