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Mexican Green Salad with Jalapeño-Cilantro Dressing

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Description

This healthy Mexican green salad recipe is the perfect fresh side for your favorite Mexican meals! It's also a delicious, light meal on its own.

Ingredient:

  • Salad
  • ⅔ cup pepitas (green pumpkin seeds)
  • ½ teaspoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 5 ounces baby spring mix
  • 6 ounces romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 2 cups grated cauliflower (about ½ small cauliflower—you can grate it on the holes of a large box grater or finely slice it on a mandoline, then roughly chop)
  • 2 cups finely chopped purple cabbage (about ½ small cabbage)
  • 1 pint (2 cups) cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 small cucumber, halved, seeded and thinly sliced (no need to peel)
  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • ⅔ cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 2 ripe avocados (thinly slice just before serving)
  • Jalapeño-Cilantro Dressing
  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup lime juice (from about 4 limes)
  • ½ cup lightly packed cilantro (mostly leaves)
  • 1 small jalapeño, seeds and ribs removed, and roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon tahini (optional, for a more creamy dressing)
  • 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes (optional, for extra heat)