This Simple Green Salad is necessary for every table! Maple balsamic dressing drizzled on fresh spring greens and topped with whatever crunchies you wish your salad to be made with.
We just want to say thank you so much for listening when we need saving and in a way that saves us, day after day after day, with something as simple as bright spring greens and an incredible homemade maple balsamic dressing. Did you get a vegetable on the table with the meal? Sure did! We have been eating this super delicious, slightly sweet, super flexible, the flavor and texture of which you can add whatever you want, nix whatever you don't, green salad every freaking day with wild abandon and and it turns out that it is such a super delicious thing and I want to also make sure we're not missing it by having this as a staple in our diet.
This little babe is yew'r to meet any ol time. Dinner, of course. Lunch, yes that makes sense. Oh, you just know she's going to be shining along side a quiche next to brunch. It's honestly all so easy and so good.
The BEST Homemade Dressing
Since we can't take any credit for the spring greens, they're just doing their thing, so let's talk about this dressing. It's got all the elements you need to make it really special, even though it couldn't be easier and it's that jar-shake away from being yours all day every day. Maple sweet, some subtle garlic bite, a little bit of deep rich balsamic. All you have to do in the weekend is get everything in a jar and then that magnificence will be ready for you all week long in the fridge.
Here's what you'll need:
- balsamic vinegar
- olive oil
- maple syrup
- garlic powder
- salt + pepp
That's it, friends! Dressing dreams are yours!
It's Not Super Complicated To Make This Green Salad (And It's Simple!)
A step by step isn't really necessary here just shake up the dressing and throw handful of greens in a bowl and toss them nicely or however you'd like. Method: dressing ingredient jar shake, greens plop donezo. Then after that it's really just the greens plop step since that dressing lives in the fridge right there waiting for you.
- Mix shake dressing ingredients together in a jar.
- Instead, plop your greens in a bowl for tossing.
- Donezo.
So we wrote it out anyway, just in case you weren't sure of us.
What makes this easy wonder a real beauty is it can go with anything! I've made it so much with soup, as a side with a pasta dish, and the pasta dish is one of my favorite places this has been brunch-fare around here and it has been WONDERFUL. Even if it took the effort of a split second (read: not much), it's so fast you can bring it to the table in under a minute to give any meal a little green to finish it out nicely. You won't have to ask how our fridge got stocked with spring greens and dressing swirls this last second — you better believe we've been doing it.
Dress It Up If You Like
This has been a meal plan staple around here just as is, but it's ready for any of your salad making artistry. If you want, you can add goat cheese, or any other, a few nuts or seeds make it as hearty as you like. Something a little dried fruit in there, or a heap more veg if you're chopping. Big hunky croutons? Someone mention it? They would definitely be great, yeah, that was us.
And you have yourself a whole meal outta this guy: get some grilled chicken going on that. But then ta just please stock up on some more spring greens so you can continue to pop those on the side at every meal this week and feel like a d*mn fancy champ with this tangy, barely sweet stunner.
It's just so great with all the things, ugh. Who is that Tina Turner song? The salad…that's lightly dressed …. YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST!
I'm not even sure if those lyrics are right, but they feel right.
