Butter Leaf Lettuce Salad with Creamy Dill Dressing

Name: Butter Leaf Lettuce Salad with Creamy Dill Dressing
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American, French, Italian
Ingredients: 1 head of butter leaf lettuce, rinsed and torn into bit sized pieces; 3 tbsp carrot, thinly sliced; 1/4 cup yellow or white onion, thinly sliced; 1/4 cup cucumber, thinly sliced or chopped; 1 handful of asparagus stalks (about 10); 2 tsp preserved lemon, chopped; 1 tsp caraway seeds; 1/4 cup cashew and pistachio nuts (you can mix or use just one type); 1/2 avocado, sliced; 1 1/2 tbsp tahini; 1-2 tbsp water (adjust depending on desired consistency); 2 tsp olive oil; 1/2 lemon, juiced; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 tsp coconut aminos; 3 tbsp fresh dill, chopped; 1 tsp stoneground mustard; 1/4 tsp sea salt or flakey salt

7 steps

Cook:30min

A delicious salad highlighting delicate buttery lettuce paired with a creamy dairy free dressing and topped with roasted asparagus, raw veggies, nuts and preserved lemon.

Updated at: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:39:53 GMT

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Ingredients

0 servings

1 headbutter leaf lettuce

rinsed and torn into bit sized pieces

3 Tbspcarrot

thinly sliced

¼ cupyellow onion

or white, thinly sliced

¼ cupcucumber

thinly sliced or chopped

1 handfulasparagus

stalks

2 tsppreserved lemon

chopped

1 tspcaraway seeds

¼ cupcashew and pistachio nuts

you can mix or use just one type

0.5avocado

sliced

1 ½ Tbsptahini

1 Tbspwater

adjust depending on desired consistency

2 tspolive oil

0.5lemon juiced

1garlic clove

minced

1 tspcoconut aminos

3 Tbspfresh dill

chopped

1 tspstoneground mustard

¼ tspsea salt

or flakey salt

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375F.

Step 2

Onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, add asparagus, spray with avocado oil (or mix in about 2 tsps of oil) and season with a touch of sea salt and pepper.

Step 3

Roast for 20 minutes or until tender and slightly crispy.

Step 4

While the asparagus cooks, make your dressing but combining all "Creamy Dill Dressing" ingredients into a personal blender and blend until smooth. Alternatively you can add all ingredients to a bowl and mix using a small whisk or spoon.

Step 5

To a large bowl, add lettuce, onion, carrots, cucumbers, caraways and dressing and mix until well combined.

Step 6

Plate and top with roasted asparagus, nuts, preserved lemon and avocado.

Step 7

Enjoy!

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