Green goddess dressing
10 min · 3 g protein · 26 cals / serving
A big handful of soft herbs, a touch of avocado and an anchovy blended into thick yogurt until it turns bright green, creamy and herby, with a sharp lemon finish. It tastes like a spring garden and makes any salad worth eating.
Ingredients
- 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/4 avocado
- 1 cup leaves fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup leaves fresh basil
- 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
- 1 tbsp leaves fresh tarragon, or more basil
- 2 green onions, roughly chopped
- 2 fillets anchovies
- 1 clove garlic
- 5 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp water
Steps
- Put everything except the water in a blender or a tall jug for a stick blender and blend until smooth and evenly green, scraping down once or twice.
- Blend in the water a tablespoon at a time until it pours like a thick dressing (or leave it thick as a dip). Taste for lemon and salt. Keeps 4 days in the fridge in a closed jar; the lemon keeps it green.
Good to know
What do I serve it with?
Crisp salads (it is the classic on a chopped salad or a wedge of romaine), grilled chicken or salmon, and grain bowls. Thick, it is a great dip for raw vegetables.
No anchovy?
Leave it out for a vegetarian version and add 1 teaspoon of capers or a little extra salt; it's about the same score. The anchovy is what gives the classic its savory depth, but you will not taste fish.
Per
- Calories
- 65
- Protein
- (47%)
- 8 g
- Fat
- (27%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (27%)
- 5 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 267 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 262 kcal goes into the pot and 426 g of ingredients comes out as about 400 g of food: 65 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.