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Avocado goddess dressing

Jazz up your next meal salad or roast chicken dinner with this 5-minute, herb-filled, healthy avocado goddess dressing.

Sometimes it s the little things that can make or break your meal.

Am I right? Can I get an amen?

Like salad dressing. I ve been in a simple balsamic vinaigrette rut lately. Not that the vinaigrette isn t good, it s just that I feel I should be whipping up batches of shallot dressing or sushi-restaurant-inspired ginger dressing or even classic buttermilk ranch dressing . but I just haven t. And it s bumming out my salads.

Until recently.

And it s because of herbs. My garden this year, post-relocation, consists of a couple of planters of vegetables on our back patio. Given the end-of-days, seemingly non-stop rain storms we ve had nearly all summer long, coupled with the 30,000 crafty, tomato-stealing squirrels and deer, my supply of homegrown veggies so far has been two half-sized cucumbers and four measly Sun Gold cherry tomatoes.

It s a pathetic situation. Thankfully, I ve got plenty of farmers markets around to make up the difference.

But my little in-ground herb garden, on the other hand, has been doing quite well. (Apparently the wildlife prefer their meals to be heartier.) So I ve been trying to come up with herb-filled recipe ideas that aren t simply pesto . although a good (or unique ) pesto is nothing to scoff at, that s for sure. Trust me, my freezer will be full of it come September!

Enter this avocado goddess salad dressing. Chockful of fresh herbs, this healthier riff on traditional green goddess dressing gets its rich creaminess from avocado and yogurt. And it s the most delightfully cheery green color you could ever hope to add to a salad.