I really feel like you can never have too many flavor packed salads in your repertoire! And it’s just a bonus if your salad includes healthy ranch dressing. As a kid I was a ranch dressing fanatic, I mean I would eat pretty much anything if it was drowned in ranch. In fact… my cousin and I were famous in our family, (or infamous) for stealing the the veggie dip trays at birthday parties. We would spirit it away and find a closet to hide in. Then we would proceed to eat all the broccoli off the tray covered in copious amounts of ranch dressing. If time allowed we would move on to the carrots, but most of the time we got caught before we could polish off the veggie tray.
This story is still told over holidays, and it always makes me smile because how often do you get in trouble as a kid for eating broccoli? Of course we weren’t actually in trouble for eating broccoli… it’s just that it happened to be stolen broccoli, and the fact we didn’t want to share that got us into hot water. Anyways… back to the recipe – this salad is the perfect blend of fresh vs. comfort. There’s lots of fresh veggies, but also some grilled chicken for protein, and some bacon bits along with that avocado ranch added in for the comfort factor. It even makes a great mason salad jar to pack along for healthy work lunches, (see the the last picture).
This ranch dressing tastes similar to my childhood memory of the classic dressing. But it’s been given a makeover using healthy fats and fresh herbs. It taste both light and creamy at the same time, and it’s so good on pretty much everything!
This salad comes together easily with just a few prepped ingredients and the dressing made in the blender.
My lunch game has been going strong lately with lots of fresh salad jars. I’ve especially been loving this particular recipe for salad jars, maybe it’s just my ranch fixation, but I never get enough of this salad! You can find lots more tips for making awesome lunches over on my post 5 Ways to Make Simple Healthy Lunches. 5 from 1 review
