These Green Goddess Salad Bowls are all about the flavor: hearty grains and grilled veggies smothered in a creamy green tahini dressing.
Do you know that Saturday feeling? where you have Time do all the things you’ve been putting off all week? Where in the kitchen do you have the space to experiment, enjoy the cooking process and not worry so much about cooking at lightning speed? (If your job falls outside of the Monday-Friday tradition, just plug in the day of the week that works for you!) Our friend Sarah Copeland just released a beautiful new book called Every Day is Saturday, and it’s about how to have the saturday mentality of cooking for your family, every day of the week. And this Green Goddess Salad is a delicious preview. Read on to learn more about the book and this recipe!
About the book: Every day is a Saturday
Sarah is a dear friend of Alex and mine, former head chef at Real Simple, genius recipe maker and a serious light in the food world. If you are not already following Sarah, go to her Instagram profile now and do so. She shares sweet vignettes of her lovely family: They’re perfect, but at the same time real and relatable. (I’ve never met her children and I feel like a distant aunt!) Sarah’s way of cooking and eating is simple and elegant, and her aesthetic is truly divine. We hope to visit Sarah one day and bask in the glow of her lovely food! His new book is now out.
Every Day is Saturday is a brilliant recipe compilation that shows you how to cook like it’s Saturday every day of the week. At every step, Sarah guides you towards more confident and strategic cooking. The photography is so beautiful that at first glance you might think something is complex, but the recipes are simple and brilliant (tahini toast with lemon and honey, baked fish with capers and herbs, 3 ways to use the whipped cream etc.). And we loved this Green Goddess Salad Bowl Meal, designed to use up leftovers from the weekend kitchen throughout the week. You will love it. Congratulations to Sarah for an amazing new volume of recipes.
You understand: Every Day is Saturday by Sarah Copeland
How to make Green Goddess Salad
Now! Let’s talk about this Green Goddess Salad! Incredibly flavorful, this bowl meal main course salad is the perfect way to get your veggies and grains going. We’re all about the dressing of the same name: one of our fans’ favorite recipes is this Healthy Green Goddess Dressing. Goddess so green anything always catches our eye: we love the delicious smoothness of this light green fillet.
This Green Goddess Salad features a different kind of dressing: a Tahini Green Goddess Dressing. And, man, is it delicious! The nutty flavor of tahini perfectly balances the yogurt and fresh parsley. In addition to a dressing, you can also use it as a dip for all kinds of things: Can we recommend baked fries or our best potato wedges? And it goes perfectly with baked salmon or grilled salmon. To make Green Goddess Dressing, simply blend together plain yogurt, tahini, garlic, lemon, and parsley in your blender! It’s been quite a while, so we recommend making half a recipe if you’re unsure about eating that much. It’s perfect to use as a salad dressing and to drizzle over meals throughout the week.
This Green Goddess Salad is all about using leftover grains and veggies of the week or weekend. You can literally make it with any grain: some of our favorites here are rice, quinoa, millet, or farro. Pictured above is a pearl couscous we found in our pantry—it’s not technically a grain (it’s pasta!), but it’s super quick to cook. We love couscous when we’re in a hurry! For vegetables, Sarah specified grilled aubergines, zucchini and red onions: a fantastic combination! Toss all of this with some veggies and some Tahini Green Goddess Dressing and you’re in business. It was a healthy lunch for us; it also works as a supper bowl recipe – try it on the patio with frisée this summer: you won’t be disappointed!
Looking for bowl food recipes?
Looking for bowl food recipes? Along with this Green Goddess Salad, here are some of our favorite veggie bowls (and a pescetarian too!):
This Green Goddess Salad recipe is…
Vegetarian and gluten free. For vegans, plant-based and dairy-free, use our Best Tahini Sauce in place of the Green Goddess Tahini Dressing.
The description
These Green Goddess Salad Bowls are all about the flavor: hearty grains and grilled veggies smothered in a creamy green tahini dressing.
For Green Goddess salad bowls
- 1 ½ cups uncooked red or brown rice
- ½ cup uncooked red or white quinoa
- 1 large aubergines (approx 2 Pound Sterling)
- 2 large zucchini (approx 2 total books)
- 2 Red onions
- ⅓ cup Extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon Za’atar or ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon flaky sea salt
- 3 cups Baby kale or spain
- ½ cup roasted almonds
- Any dry semi-soft cheese like ricotta salata, cotija, or feta for serving
For the Green Goddess Tahini Dressing (makes 3 ½ cups)
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 ½ cups normal whole milk yoghurt
- 1 cup tahini
- ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 ½ cups packaged fresh parsley leaves
- 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Cook the rice and quinoa together in 4 cups water in a rice cooker or on the stovetop until tender.
- Cut the eggplant and zucchini into 2 cm pieces. Eighth the red onions.
- Meanwhile, heat a grill or griddle over medium-high heat. Mix the aubergines, courgettes and onions with the oil, za’atar and salt. Grill 4 to 6 minutes per side, turning once, until tender and charred. Allow to cool slightly.
- Prepare the Tahini Green Goddess Dressing: In a blender, blend all ingredients and 2 tablespoons water until smooth and uniformly green. Serve or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 5 days. (This recipe only uses about ¾ cup of dressing, so feel free to make half the recipe if you don’t plan to eat it all!)
- Combine greens, kale, and about ½ cup dressing in a large bowl. Ladle the hot rice and quinoa into bowls. Place the dressed vegetables on top of the kernels. Serve hot, garnished with almonds and cheese, with additional dressing on the side.
- Category: main course
- Method: Goal
- Kitchen: American
Keywords: Green Goddess Salad, Salad Bowls, Meal Bowl, Green Goddess Dressing
