Description
This salad is packed with fresh summertime veggies. Zucchini noodles are the base, they are tossed in a basil avocado sauce and that is all topped with fresh corn, grape tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and feta cheese. This recipe is quick and easy to make. It is a great meal or a great side salad to any main dish or is filling enough as an entree.
Ingredients
- Creamy Basil Avocado Sauce
- 2 ripe avocados, flesh scooped out
- 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves
- Juice of 1 1/2 lemons
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon water
- salt and pepper to taste
- red pepper flakes, to taste (optional)
- Salad
- 2 medium zucchinis, spiralized into spaghetti shaped noodles*
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved (or any kind of tomatoes you like will work)
- 2 ears of sweet corn (or sub frozen or canned corn if corn isn’t in season)
- 1 15 ounce can of quartered artichoke hearts
- Optional: 2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Make the creamy basil avocado sauce: To a food processor add all of the sauce ingredients. Blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. The sauce should be thick, it will thin out a little once tossed with the zucchini noodles.
- Prep the veggies: Spiralize your zucchini noodles using a spiralizer. *If you don’t have a spiralizer you can make ribbons using a vegetable peeler or even a julienne peeler. However, I highly recommend using a spiralizer for the best noodle like feel and pretty appearance. Prep the remainder of your veggies as instructed above. For the ears of sweet corn: remove the husk and use a large cutting knife to slice the kernels from the cob.
- Assemble the salad: In a mixing bowl toss the zucchini noodles with the sauce until the noodles are well coated. Transfer the noodles to a serving bowl and top with the remaining vegetables and feta cheese. Serve immediately.
Notes
*For spiralizers I highly recommend the Inspiralizer. But there are many options out there.
We found this entire salad made a filling vegetarian dinner for 2. If you are serving this as a side dish it will serve 4. If you want to make the salad in smaller portions, make the sauce as is and only use half of it at a time. Along with one zucchini and half of the other veggies. The zucchini noodles re best when spiralized and eaten fresh.
