10 Minute Cauliflower Summer Salad
10 Minute cauliflower summer salad. Made with raw cauliflower, juicy tomatoes, and creamy avocado lime dressing. A refreshing paleo and whole30 lunch recipe for meal prep.
Hi friend!
Please let me introduce to you, the solo winner of summer salads this year: raw cauliflower summer salad.
It’s got all the good stuff: raw cauliflower, juicy tomatoes, and the single most popular heartbreaker dressing: cilantro lime avocado sauce!
Trust me, you need this sauce in your life.
This dressing is insanely creamy, light, and hits you with a zesty zing, pow and a pop!!
What does a girl have to do to get a spoon around here?
summer menu
Anyway, now that we have established the fact that you should be double-hand-shoveling this sauce onto everything in sight, let’s talk about the meat and potatoes of this salad.
I’ve been doing this intermittent fasting thing, so I’ve really been focusing on packing those nutrients and a rainbow variety of raw foods into my meals.
I didn’t want a light and airy salad that would fly away with one gust of summer air.
No, this salad had to be layered with complexity of flavors and textures that keep my taste buds excited.
Hence: the minced cauliflower base and creamy avocado lime dressing.
You’re welcome.
Perfect for family cookouts, beach picnics, and packable lunches in these airtight glass containers, this salad checks off all the boxes for summer salad needs.
P.S. The leftovers are dope wth an extra squeeze of lime juice and some grilled chicken for extra protein and flavor.
Ahhh, seconds pluuuease.
Want more like this? Check out some of my other faves.
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Ingredients
Salad
- 2 cups cauliflower rice
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
- 1 cup spinach
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 1/4 red onion minced
Dressing
- 1 large avocado pitted and peeled
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- lemon or lime juice from 1 fruit
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
Instructions
- Blend ingredients for sauce in a food process or blender until smooth.
- Add ingredients for salad into a large bowl and stir together with dressing. Optional: serve with grilled chicken breast for extra protein.
Nutrition
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This salad looks amazing! That dressing make it perfection. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Karly! 🙂
That avocado dressing looks so so so good! I love light salads in the summer and I often make tabbouleh with cauliflower rice, so I’m looking forward to testing this recipe and trying out your avocado dressing. Thanks for sharing!
Made this last night for my extended family and everyone loved it! We just used it as a side dish. They are all asking for the recipe. Thanks so much! I’ll be making this again for sure!
Yay! Thank you Catherine. 🙂
Raw cauliflower gives me gas
Delicious!
well it looks very good, but i made it with pre naught minced garlic and cilantro because i didn’t have any fresh. It tastes ok but turned out really salty. I’m not sure what happened. Any suggestions besides using fresh garlic?
Hi Miriam, you can adjust the salt levels to your taste. 🙂