This delicious and healthy salad is filled with so many green fruit and veggies! It truly is The Greenest Chopped Salad!
This recipe was originally posted on March 2, 2015. I have updated the photos and recipe!
Happy March!! I’m not sure if it is because February only has 28 days or if I’m just getting older, but time sure seems to fly by these days. When I was younger I couldn’t wait until the next month or year because I just wanted to grow up, but I’m really enjoying this current stage in my life and now I just want things to slow down!
It feels like just yesterday I was so sad that spring was over because I hadn’t gotten to make all my favorite spring recipes, and more importantly, summer was here and it was 110 degrees out! The seasons are kinda strange here in Arizona. I feel like we do get to experience all 4 seasons, but some for only a week or two, and unfortunately Spring is one of those seasons. So, I know that it isn’t Spring weather everywhere right now, but I gotta take advantage while I can!
Although, it is a little bit early, this is really a St. Patrick’s Day themed salad! Salad might not be the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of St. Patrick’s Day, but this really is the Greenest Chopped Salad you will ever see and it would go perfectly with a big pint of green beer 🙂 at least I’m going to pretend it would!
Spring weather always makes me not only want to clean up and organize the house a bit, but also start eating a little lighter in preparation for the summer, and this salad is perfect for that. The spring mix makes this salad nice and light and the rest of the super green ingredients bulk it up and make it filling. You have some creaminess from the avocado and feta, a salty bite from the green olives, sweetness from the green apple, and crunchiness from the broccoli and pistachios. Every good salad needs some crunch!
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The Greenest Chopped Salad
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
A delicious and healthy salad filled with all the green fruits and veggies!
Ingredients
- 6 cups chopped greens, your favorite kind
- 1 green apple, chopped
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- 1 cup shelled edamame
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 cup green grapes, cut in half
- 1/2 cup pistachios, roughly chopped
Herb Dressing:
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs, your favorite kind
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place all dressing ingredients into a jar and whisk or shake until combined, set aside.
- Place chopped greens into a large bowl and top with the remaining chopped salad ingredients. Drizzle salad with desired amount of dressing and toss until combined. You could also just top each individual salad servings with desired amount of dressing.
Notes
This recipe makes enough salad for about 4 people, but you can make this salad as small or as big as you would like, just use however much of each ingredient as you would like.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Category: Salad, Gluten Free, Vegan
Hi Izzy! When I first saw this picture, the thought just jumped into my head….this is totally St. Patrick’s Day food. I’m trying to detox a bit and give my tummy a break and need foods that are easy on the stomach. Plus, this pretty salad is quite easy on the eyes. Green food just makes you feel so good about youself =)
Hi Laura! I hope your stomach is finally feeling better and you can eat regular food now! I agree, green food just makes you feel so good 🙂
That is definitely a super green salad. I love adding broccoli to salads because of the crunch it gives.
Me too, Dannii! I used to hate raw broccoli, but now it is one of my favorite salad ingredients 🙂
So much green! It looks delicious. It might not be what I eat alongside my green beer on St Patricks day, but it’s definitely perfect for spring 😉
Haha, yeah salad and beer don’t really go well together! But maybe the day after!
Just look at all that pretty green! This salad would be perfect for St Patricks Day. Sounds delicious!
Thanks Natalie!! Green is pretty much the best color 🙂
I agree! Time is flying by! It is kind of wild, isn’t it?! I love the looks of this salad though! It makes me ready for warmer weather and farmers markets! 🙂
How do we make it slow down?!! I’m ready for the warmer weather too, except I know it is going to go from warm to hot in no time and I’m not quite ready for the heat 🙂
Wow, look at this gorgeously green salad! I think salads make a perfect St. Patrick’s Day dish as they’re naturally green, and it really doesn’t get much better than that. 🙂 This looks so wholesome and delicious — pinned!
Thanks Marcie! I agree, it doesn’t get much better than a big green salad 🙂
Green is good! I want to dive in to a big bowl of this salad. It looks amazing and so fresh!
Haha, me too, Ashley!! Thank you 🙂
This is so pretty and healthy! Pinning 🙂
Thanks, Medha!! 🙂
This salad is gorgeous, Izzy! I love that it’s St. Patrick’s Day themed! Spring isn’t quite here by me yet, but I’m channeling lots of warm thoughts from Arizona! 🙂
Thank you, Gayle! I’ll send you warm weather!! It is pretty perfect here right now, but I’m getting a little scared it is going to get too hot soon 🙂
Yay for March! I’m so ready for all this cold weather to disappear for spring! 🙂 This salad looks soo good! I can never turn down a chopped salad!
I’m so ready for spring too, Ashley! It is my favorite season! For some reason chopped salad always look so much more appetizing to me than regular salads 🙂
I am so ready for spring. This salad looks so fresh and perfect for warmer weather!
Me too, Ashley! Thank you 🙂
It IS hard to believe it’s March, already! I KNOW! I was looking back at some photos I took and noticed I didn’t date anything as February… it’s all January and March!! I took lots of photographs in Feb, but I skipped dating my photos February because it went by so fast!! YEOW! Crazy!
Beautiful salad, Izzy! So many textures and flavors going on and that dressing! Dijon and maple syrup is one of my favorite combinations! And, congrats to you again on your FRONT PAGE! Yaaaayyyyyy IZZY!!
Haha, I can’t decide if it is the 28 day thing or just that time is moving fast these days! I hope March doesn’t go by quite as fast! I just noticed that I’ve been putting this same dressing on pretty much everything I make these days! Thank you so much, Traci!! It was really exciting to see it on there!! 🙂
Isadora, this is a gorgeous looking salad! My goodness, you made my mouth water, and I have to tell you – that basil dressing sounds amazing! I want some of this now! 🙂 Pinned!
Thank you, Kristi! It is so good and goes with everything!! Thanks for pinning 🙂
Not gonna lie, all the green in this is making my eyes VERY happy! I can’t stop staring!
Mine too, Joanne!! Just keep staring 🙂
Love it! It’s nice to see a healthy St. Paddy’s day recipe for a change 🙂 This looks like such a great combination of flavors. I’m especially liking the green apples and pistachios together, plus the hint of sweetness in the dressing. I am a bit jealous of your early spring – it’s not even going to hit 20 degrees today in Chicago!!
Thanks Julia! Oh no! 20 degrees sounds wayyyyy too cold! You should probably just back your bags and come to Arizona and we can share a big bowl of this salad 🙂
What a beautiful salad! This salad is perfect for spring. Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you Kelley! 🙂
How perfect for St. Patrick’s Day coming up! Something healthy for a change. 🙂 I didn’t realize I loved so many green things that would make a fab salad!
Thanks Leah! I will use this salad to balance out all the treats I will be eating 🙂
I need green in my life both in the kitchen and outside. It’s snowing again today and I think i’m developing an allergy to snow. This looks like spring in a bowl and so healthy. Love the recipe.
Oh no! I hope the snow clears up soon and that you get some gorgeous spring weather soon! Thanks Kathy 🙂
This is such a gorgeous salad! I love all the green and my mouth is watering over everything in here! It looks so fresh and delicious!
Thank you, Kelly!! My mouth is too 🙂
What a perfect salad for St. Patrick’s Day! I love how gorgeous this salad is and it looks amazing. Beautiful pictures too!
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Thank you, Danielle!!
Izzy, time sure seems to fly by these days. I can’t believe it is already March, but I am actually happy because I am really tired of this winter time in Canada.
Love, love love this salad. It looks very spring, my dear 😉
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Thank you, Olivia!! We haven’t had much of a winter here, but I’m still excited for Spring! Especially if it means I get to eat salads like this everyday!
The colour of this salad is just so vibrant & incredible! You can tell just by looking at the images – that it is SO healthy, nourishing and nutrition filled.
Thank you, Thalia! Green is my favorite color and apparently all my favorite foods are green too 🙂
I know, I wish time would slow down too! I guess that’s what happens when you get old, haha. 🙂
I think a serving of this would things down though. It looks so vibrant and healthy! A great alternative to all of the heavy St.Patty’s recipes!
Uhh, me too! I so don’t want to get old 🙂 I guess i’ll just eat tons of this salad and hope it really does slow things down!
Bring on the GREEN and all things spring! This salad is seriously SO stunning, Izzy! I’m swooning over all the healthy green goodness you packed inside! Also, um this needs to be my lunch today and possibly every day for the rest of March. Haha!
I totally agree, Sarah!!! Bring it on! Thank you so much, Sarah! Yes, lunch everyday this month 🙂
Just love everything in this salad – it looks so fresh and healthy and green (my favorite color)! Looking forward to trying it and hope you enjoy spring while you can – a week or two just doesn’t seem fair.
Green is my favorite color too!! And green food seems to taste so much better than the other colored foods 🙂 It is not fair at all!!
This is soooo pretty!! It’s SO springy and has all the BEST green things in it! (Especially the olives!) I love big salads and this one looks amazing!
Thansk, Jess!! I’m so glad you like the olives too! People seem to love them or hate them and I just can’t understand how anyone could ever hate them 🙂
Hiello Izzy I just came across this gorgeous green delicious salad that I have been looking to find for a long time Yummy also,
May I give you a liite challenge in suggesting to you that it would be awesome if you could come up with a salad of the month with a different color of the salad wether veggies or fruit salad or a mix of the same color just like you did now everything greens in using the primary colors and a different salad dressing also.
Hahaha, I like that challenge! I will have to put some thought into it! Thank you for the kind words!
When I saw your first salad photo before I saw the title, I thought, “Wow that salad is so bright and green!!” Ha. Nothing like a big heathy salad to feel nice & healthy!
Haha! So bright and green! 🙂
Is there an alternative dressing I can purchase rather than making myself?
Definitely! Just use your favorite kind!
I made this salad for St. Patrick’s day and it was a huge hit. I did steam the broccoli for a very short time which seems to make it even greener and less rubbery and likely to stick in one’s teeth! The pistachios add a delightful crunch… I liked it so much I think I am going to make it for Easter too! Thanks Izzy!
That’s awesome!! I’m so glad everyone enjoyed it! I’ve been making it a ton lately too! 🙂
I just made this salad for lunch (sans grapes since I didn’t have any) and it was delicious!! Loved all the different textures and flavors… the vinaigrette was especially good (I used basil). Thanks for a great recipe!
Yah! I’m so glad you liked it, Hilary! 🙂
I never thought I liked fruit in salad until this. I’m going to be making it all the time!!!!!
I’m so glad you liked it! Sometimes it’s nice to have a little something sweet in here 🙂
I made this last night and am eating leftovers for lunch-sooooo good! Thank you!
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Looks great! What fresh herbs do you recommend? In the description above it talks about green olives and feta cheese???
I like to use basil, mint and cilantro but any will work!
What fresh herbs did you use in this salad? I would like to make this for a party this. Weekend for St Patrick’s Day.
Thank you!
I used basil, cilantro and parsley but you can use whatever you like!
What greens do you like to put in ? I live in Norway, and there is a little bit of a green shortage here these days, I need some ideas 🙂
You can put in any you like! Spinach, kale, romaine lettuce, spring greens anything like that that you enjoy eating 🙂