Asparagus Salad with Feta

This asparagus salad is full of flavor and totally versatile! It highlights these healthy veggies with lemon, radish, feta, and a Dijon vinaigrette.

Want a salad that’s as tasty as it is versatile? Appetizer: asparagus salad! It features delicious sautéed asparagus cooked in a hot pan for a few minutes and then sprinkled with lemon. Add this to a bed of veggies and top with peppery radishes and salty feta cheese. A Dijon mustard vinaigrette tops it off, perfectly balanced with spicy and spicy notes. Even better: they can serve as an accompaniment, Where add the cooked quinoa and make it into a main course salad. When Alex served it to me, I yelled “Yum!” halfway through the first bite…that’s when we knew we had to share the recipe.

What’s in this asparagus salad?

This asparagus salad is a spring salad with the most popular vegetables of the season! Asparagus is generally available most of the year, but March through June is best. If you can find these vegetables at a local farmer’s market, be sure to buy some! The best asparagus is fresh, tender local asparagus.

To complement the asparagus’s robust flavor, we wanted to surround it with fresh, zesty flavors like lemon and crisp greens. This is what this asparagus salad contains:

• Asparagus: They use our recipe for sautéed asparagus, cooked in a hot pan and squeezed with lemon. Also great as a stand-alone side dish!
• Radish: Peppered radishes add a kick. (Try other ways to use them.)
• Red onion: The onion adds a savory touch; You can also use spring onions.
• Feta cheese: Brings a salty taste (like in all these feta recipes)
• Lemon peel: Adds a nice freshness; You can use the lemon from the sautéed asparagus recipe. (How to peel a lemon.)
• Dijon dressing: This healthy dressing takes just 5 minutes to make and coats the entire salad with a zesty shine

Want more dressings? Try our How to Make Healthy Salad Dressing.

Ways to serve this asparagus salad

This salad is so versatile, you can serve it with almost anything! It’s up there in our list of our favorite salad recipes. Here are some ways we recommend:

1. As a main course salad: Add cooked quinoa to make this asparagus salad a main course salad for lunch or a light dinner.
2. With salmon: This would be a great pairing with Lemon Dill Salmon or Easy Cedar Planked Salmon.
3. Besides the pasta: Dishes that would work well: fried cauliflower pasta, creamy cavatappi pasta, or creamy goat cheese pasta.
4. With soup: Imagine it with this lively spring soup or pasta e ceci (Italian chickpea soup) for lunch or dinner.
5. With risotto: This would pair well with mushroom risotto and add a nice source of fiber.

Feeding asparagus

Is asparagus healthy? You bet. There are many good things about eating these super vegetables; here are some highlights:

• High in fiber: It’s a great source of fiber: 1 cup of cooked asparagus contains 4 grams of fiber. (Source)
• Rich in vitamin K: It is an excellent source of vitamin K, more than 50% of your daily needs. Vitamin K is a nutrient involved in blood clotting and bone health (source).
• Relatively high in protein: For a green vegetable, it’s also high in protein: 1 cup also has 4 grams of protein. (source) It’s a similar level to broccoli and potatoes.

Other ways to use asparagus?

Do you want to add more asparagus to your life? Aside from this asparagus salad, here are some of our favorite ways to serve this vegetable:

This asparagus salad recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free. For vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free dishes, omit the cheese and add chopped toasted salted almonds.