We love grilled veggies. Grilled veggies in a salad are great. Due to our lousy spring weather our garden had a slow start. But now the garden is looking pretty darn good. We have a large garden - enough to feed five families! We give fresh veggies out to our family and friends. Our lettuce is really doing well so we have been eating a lot of fresh salads. Garden lettuce is the best! I grill up veggies and put them on a bed of lettuce, add some raw snow peas; they add a nice crunch to the salad. Sometimes I add grilled salmon or chicken. To make the salads meatless I add black beans, rice, pasta or whatever is in the frig. Top it off with some homemade low fat green goddess dressing - yummy, nothing could be better. I make a really good basil inspired green goddess dressing. Here's how I make it.
In a food processor bowl add about: 1 cup low fat mayo, 1/2 cup low fat sour cream, 1 tbls. white wine vinegar, 1 tbls. fresh lemon juice (I add a little more), a little bit of fresh parsley (not too much because you are going to add basil - if you don't have parsley, skip it), a good handful of fresh basil leaves, a good handful of some snipped fresh chives, salt and fresh ground pepper, a couple of anchovy fillets, rinsed and patted dry or use some anchovy paste. I usually use the anchovy paste, 1/2 to 1 tbls. Frankly, the stuff grosses me out, but I add it for the flavor. Blend up and adjust to your liking. If you want regular green goddess dressing omit the fresh basil and use a good size handful of fresh parsley - it's good too!
Enjoy the day.
mother hen
