For another use of this delicious dressing, try Fingerling Potato Salad with Green Goddess Dressing! I feel spoiled by the weather we’ve been having lately. Warm and sunny. You might be rolling your eyes thinking how silly this is but trust me…when you live in London it’s pure luxury. With the warming temperatures comes a desire to eat a bit lighter. Heavy dishes are out and light, full of flavour, vegetables and herbs dishes are in! That’s how it should be, right? I feel like my entire body is rising against anything we had been eating all winter. That includes apples, oranges, butternut squash, even broccoli! I feel like I need to give room to ripe and juicy tomatoes, fresh peppers and loads and loads of herbs! In other words everything green, red and orange.
Pasta salad
But we also need something substantial. Here is where pasta comes in. I heavily rely on pastas during the autumn and winter seasons and I feel like it’s a great option for the summer as well. But of course, recipes require a bit of tweaking. We all know that pasta needs a lot of flavour infused into it to come alive. This is where many pasta salads fail in my opinion. Most pasta salad recipes use mayonnaise as the dressing, which doesn’t carry enough flavour on its own. So my solution is to cram that dressing full of herbs for maximum depth and fullness of taste. What dressing can accomplish that? Why I am glad you asked. Green Goddess dressing of course!
Green goddess dressing
My first introduction to the magical green goddess dressing happened years ago. It came in a bottle and looked and tasted much less vibrant than the one above. But it still was delicious enough for me to notice and remember! I wish I knew back then I didn’t have to pay $5-$6 per bottle to enjoy this green goddess dressing in my salads because it’s so easy to make at home. All you need is a food processor or a blender. Just 5 minutes of your precious time and you have two jars full of delicious homemade green goddess dressing that will last you for a couple of weeks. Green goddess dressing that will taste fresh and punchy, made without preservatives and artificial colours because it doesn’t need any help. Just look at how vibrant it is!
Salad ingredients
This recipe for green goddess pasta salad is a very simple one. It’s barely a recipe. You can add anything you like to this pasta salad. As long as all ingredients are coated in my magic green goddess dressing they will taste sublime. Naturally I chose the ingredients that I love and they happen to work very well together. You can shuffle things around but no matter what you do, keep the arugula, or rocket for the Brits. It adds a much needed spicy, peppery balance to an otherwise quite creamy dish.
More inspiring summer salads
Basil Pesto Caprese Salad Potato SaladMiddle Eastern Salad BowlCreamy Cucumber Salad (Mizeria)
