Entirely Green Salad with Herbs and Avocado Ranch
you want salad and you want it really green
things you’ll need: leafy greens, dill, chives, parsley, blanched veggies (snap peas, asparagus, green beans, peas, etc), and any/all other green veggies. Avocado Ranch (not pictured but equally green): avocado, dijon, olive oil, lemon, shallot, garlic, chives, dill, salt, pepper, and you can add mayo or buttermilk, yogurt or sour cream, but you don’t need it.
I just wanted to eat all the green.
incidentally gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan if you avoid a dairy dressing.
Chapter 215
Sometimes your body asks for salt or protein. You provide because certain foods are essential to your bodysystem. Sometimes your body asks for cake and/or dairy fat and, although you don’t think your body totally requires it, the need feels just as pressing.
If your brain is part of your body and feelings come from the brain, then emotional food cravings must be part of biome maintenance (the logic works, go with it). Sometimes you need to comfort buy cauliflower, grief bake, or weigh yourself down with cheddar so you don’t float from your body. Go hoover a bowl of sugary cereal if that’s what will help.
Maybe you weighed yourself down a little too much and, as the anxiety haze lifts, you have to fuel your hope with vegetables. Maybe a recent burst of sunshine reminded you that spring has sprung and everything you buried in the winter is finally coming to fruit. Maybe you are infected by chlorophyllic vampirism and you must ingest the life contained in spring’s greenest offerings. Don’t fight it.
Blanch asparagus, snap peas, and green beans then immediately shock them in cold water to preserve their crunch. Chop a cucumber. Thaw some peas or edamame. If it’s green and you want it, use it.
In a blender, puree avocado with lemon juice, olive oil, and a little water to thin it out. Add green herbs like parsley, dill, and chives. Make it “ranch” with garlic, shallot, and a dollop of Dijon. Season to taste with plenty of salt and pepper. You can add a tangy dairy (buttermilk, yogurt, mayo, or sour cream) if you think it needs a little more something.
Make a bed of leafy greens. Any greens. All of the greens. Add the rest of your chopped chives, parsley, and dill because fresh herbs always make a salad better. Pile on your veggies and top with dressing.
Start by shoveling green mouthfuls into your face until the urgency subsides. Relax into building perfect bites of this and that until you have consumed the life force of every green scrap on your plate.
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