This is my take on a Superfood Salad — big, hearty and full of clean, hearty ingredients. This healthy salad recipe is wonderful as an entree salad or side dish, and has a juicy lemon vinaigrette dressing to drizzle over the top.
This recipe was updated January, 2020
Superfood Salad
One of the dirty little secrets about January is that it’s freezing or at least chilly most places, yet everywhere you turn someone is trying to shove a cold salad down your throat.
This post is no exception 🙂
The best reasons to eat a Superfood Salad are:
- It’s the first week of January. If you’re like me, you haven’t seen a vegetable in a while.
- It’s hearty and filling, with a lot of clean flavors going on
- You can have seconds! After all, it’s salad.
- It’s time to detox from the cheese balls, fudge and eggnog.
What’s in a Superfood Salad?
Just the healthiest stuff ever, like:
- Avocado
- Nuts
- Olive Oil
- Broccolini
- Big, leafy greens
- Berries
I’ll tell you this, a Superfood Salad was the furthest thing from my mind when I finished off a pumpkin pie for breakfast the other day 🙂
How do you Make a Superfood Salad?
- Prep the Veggies : You’ll be doing a little washing, drying and cutting.
- Make a Simple Vinaigrette: This one is bursting with fresh lemon juice
- Assemble and Plate: This is such an easy salad! Gather your ingredients, prep them, plate and enjoy!
While this Superfood Salad is refreshing and tasty and wonderful on it’s own, nobody’s going to call the police if you have a big piece of toasty french bread slathered with a fatty substance served alongside 🙂
Tips and Other Ideas for Superfood Salad
- Make Ingredient Swaps: Make your own combinations, and change up the broccolini for thin-sliced zucchini, and raspberries or blackberries instead of blueberries.
- Add In’s: Thinly sliced and warmed chicken breast or grilled shrimp make a satisfying addition to this salad.
- Make it a Party: This recipe is easy to scale up for more people. For a large gathering, I set out two large platters and serve the dressing on the side.
- Here’s another salad recipe you might like: Pan Roasted Pear Salad
Superfood Salad
Ingredients
- FOR THE SALAD
- 3 cups Romaine Lettuce, washed, dried and cut in 1" pieces
- 1/2 Radicchio, sliced in thin ribbons
- 3 Kale (curly)washed with spine removed and torn into small pieces
- 1 Carrot, shaved in ribbons with a vegetable peeler
- Broccolini, sliced thin
- 2 Green Onions, washed, trimmed and thinly sliced length-wise
- 1 Avocado, sliced in 1" pieces
- 6-8 Brussel Sprouts, ends trimmed, thinly sliced
- 1 small Fennel, ends trimmed, thinly sliced about 1 cup
- 1/2 cup Blueberries, fresh washed and dried
- 1/2 cup Pecans, whole
- Flake Sea Salt and freshly ground lemon pepper for serving Maldon
- FOR THE LEMON VINAIGRETTE
- 6 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 4 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons Honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Mayo, or non-dairy mayo
- 1/2 teaspoon Lemon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- MAKE THE SALAD
- Prepare all the vegetables as directed and arrange them by distributing the ingredients as evenly as possible on four plates or bowls. Alternatively, you can use a large platter.
- MAKE THE VINAIGRETTE
- Whisk all the ingredients except the olive oil together in a medium-sized bowl.
- Drizzle in the olive oil slowly while whisking to combine and emulsify the mixture. Taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking - meaning you can add a bit more honey or salt or pepper.
Notes
- I buy organic vegetables whenever possible, and they are preferred here.
- You can use regular broccoli instead of the smaller broccolini, just slice it thinly so it isn't a challenge to eat.
- Try walnuts instead of pecans if you like!
- Add 1/2 cup cooked grains like quinoa for an even heartier salad.
Nutrition
This salad is gorgeous…. seriously superfoods galore! I love that there are blueberries and pecans here…. and how so many of the veggies are sliced into ribbons, such a great texture!
Thank you very much!
Such a pretty salad! It’s exactly what I need right now to chase those January blues away!
Great! Thanks
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around transitioning to a healthier menu this January. I need my comfort food when it’s cold! Haha! Your salad is making me think I need to how on the healthy eating train sooner than later though. Love it!
I’m totally with you! Thanks
This is one of the prettiest salads I’ve ever seen!!! I love how the best foods are also the prettiest 😀 I want to dig into this right now- YUM
Right? Thanks for commenting!
This salad sounds fantastic and I do need to have more salad after the holiday binge! I love all the great ingredients in this! I have my own simple super food salad I go to when it is time to avoid the heavy foods: https://ethnicspoon.com/spinach-salad-with-pomegranate-dressing/
Thanks for sharing a great recipe!
Thanks!
Yummy! That looks so fabulous! I like my food big too, and chunky! I am going to buy all the ingredients to make your wonderful salad this weekend.
Excellent, and thanks!
Lots of great colours and textures going on here. This is a super nutritious salad for sure. Great for lunch or dinner.
Thank you!
All these super foods made for a yummy salad and a gorgeous presentation. I really love the nuts and dressing on this salad.
Thank you!
We’ve been doing pancakes pretty often over here, too. This salad is absolutely gooooorgeous (those blueberries!!) and a great way to get back on track for sure!
Thank you!
I LOVE the beautiful colors in this salad!
Thank you!
This sounds so perfect for me! I’ve been trying to eat more veggies and just be healthier in general, so I think I definitely need this in my life 😉
Sounds great, thanks for commenting!
This is a fantastic salad and I love the flavors and the lemon vinaigrette is awesome
Thank you very much!
love this! Always looking for good salads!
Yummy! I love everyone of those foods in that superfood salad. Sign me up!
I’m always ready for a reset in January. Thank you for all of the ideas on ways to change this up to keep it interesting the whole month long. Looks amazing!
You got it 🙂