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Two bowls of spring salad with avocado and chickpeas.
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Spring Salad with White Balsamic Maple Dressing

This Spring Salad will help you eat your veggies and clean out your fridge. Plus I'm almost certain this While Balsamic Maple Dressing will be worth coming back for.
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Spring Salad
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 521kcal
Author Katie - Lauren's Latest

Ingredients

  • 6 oz butter lettuce 1 bag or container (prewashed and torn)
  • .6 oz fresh basil leaves torn, 1 small container that fresh herbs are sold in
  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley lightly chopped
  • 1 english cucumber diced with seeds removed
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups carrot grated
  • 1/4 red onion sliced
  • 5 large radishes julienned
  • 2 haas avocados sliced
  • 1 can garbanzo beans rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
  • 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled
  • 1/2 cup pepitas raw pumpkin seeds

dressing:

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup real maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
  • 2/3 cup olive oil
  • ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Toss ingredients of salad together. Feel free to omit the avocado, cheeses and pepitas and add those as garnish after.
  • For the dressing: peel and chop garlic very finely. Sprinkle salt on garlic and using the side of your knife or the back of a spoon, mash the garlic into a paste using the salt as an abrasive. Place garlic and salt into the bottom of a salad dressing container or small bowl.
  • Stir in maple syrup, tarragon and vinegar. Add oil in a constant stream while whisking, or if you’re using a container with a lid, pour it all in and shake it up. You want to emulsify the dressing, or suspend the oil in the other ingredients so it’s evenly mixed. It’ll look sort of creamy when it’s emulsified. Taste and add more salt and pepper to your liking. Toss with salad.
  • Top with garnishes {mentioned above} if desired. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 521kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 537mg | Potassium: 849mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 7846IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 3mg