Summer Salad with Homemade Salad Dressing

Ingredients for healthy summer salad with fresh vegetables in a light blue salad bowl, and a cup of orange basil vinaigrette.

Summer Salad with Homemade Salad Dressing

This summer salad is one of the best salad recipes to make with seasonal produce. Top your healthy salad with homemade orange-basil vinaigrette dressing, made using fresh basil and orange juice. This delicious salad recipe makes a 15-minute, easy summer lunch or dinner!

Course Salad

Cuisine International

Keyword summer salad

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings people

Calories 413kcal

Ingredients

2.5 oz lettuce (70g)
2-3 carrots
1/2 cup corn
1 red bell pepper
1 avocado
2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
1 Tbsp mustard
1 Tbsp avocado oil
3 Tbsp orange juice
1 Tbsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp honey
1 cup basil leaves

Instructions

Wash and spin dry lettuce.
Wash, peel, and julienne carrots.
Wash, deseed, and thinly slice the red bell pepper.
Add corn (either fresh or if frozen, defrost by pouring boiling water over it, then add to the salad)
Peel, pit, and dice avocado.
For the vinaigrette add orange juice, mustard, avocado oil, rice vinegar, honey, and basil leaves to a jar and then blend with an immersion blender.
Pour dressing over salad, give a quick stir and serve immediately.

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