This Easy Avocado Ranch Salad is better than any salad kit! Toss together this delicious salad in under 5 minutes for a healthy lunch!
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This Avocado Ranch Salad is the perfect quick lunch! Loaded with toppings and a creamy avocado ranch dressing – it’s delicious and so easy to make!
This salad has black beans, corn and peppers which give it tons of flavor and texture! It’s perfect served on it’s own or with some grilled chicken.
why we love this salad recipe
This salad recipe is one of our favorites! Here’s why:
- Better than a salad kit – If you’ve ever had an avocado ranch salad kit, I promise this is way better! No preservatives or weird ingredients (but all the same flavors)
- Easy to make– this salad is made with common kitchen/pantry ingredients
- Delicious! – We believe that salads don’t have to be boring diet food – this avocado ranch salad is loaded with flavor!
Ingredients for Avocado Ranch Salad
To make this Avocado Ranch Salad you’ll need:
For the dressing you’ll need:
- avocado
- greek yogurt
- garlic power, onion powder
- dried dill, dried parsley, dried chives
- pepper & salt
- water
You can find substitutions for all of these ingredients below in the green shaded box.
How to Make Easy Avocado Salad
This salad is so quick and easy to put together!
- In a large bowl toss romaine and cabbage together. Add toppings and toss until combined.
- Set salad aside. In a food processor or small blender, combine all dressing ingredients until smooth.
SUBSTITUTIONS FOR AVOCADO RANCH SALAD
Greens: You can use any type of salad greens. We like the mixture of romaine and cabbage but spinach or spring mix will also work.
Cheddar Cheese: You can use any cheese or omit the cheese. Pepper jack or monterey jack would go well in this salad.
Bell Pepper: You can use any color pepper, or substitute with tomatoes
Corn: Is optional, feel free to omit it.
Black beans: If you don’t have black beans you can use pinto or kidney beans. You can also omit the beans.
Avocado: To make this salad lower in fat, skip the avocado topping. The salad dressing is meant to be made with avocado so we don’t recommend substituting that.
Red Onion: You can skip the red onion.
Greek Yogurt: We haven’t tried this recipe with any other yogurt but I think full fat or non dairy would be fine.
Spices: Feel free to use more or less herbs/spices
How to Store Avocado Ranch Salad
Storing: This salad will last in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container. We recommend storing the dressing and salad separately.
Note on separation: Separation may occur in the dressing when stored in the fridge. Use a spoon to stir together or quickly blend again to reconstruct the dressing.
Browning: Avocados do oxidize if they’re exposed to air. This dressing recipe might turn a yellow/brown color as the days pass but it will still be fine to eat. It’s best eaten fresh!
How to Serve Avocado Chopped Salad
This Avocado Ranch Salad is really filling on it’s own! Here are some suggestions for how to serve it:
- Easy Taco Casserole
- Taco Soup with Chicken
- Add some BBQ Chicken Breast or Balsamic Grilled Chicken on top
- with any of these 11 Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes
Other healthy salad recipes:
Here are some of our favorite salad recipes:
Easy Avocado Ranch Salad
Ingredients
- 3 cups romaine chopped
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup bell pepper diced
- ¼ cup corn frozen/thawed or canned/drained
- ¼ cup black beans rinsed & drained
- ¼ cup avocado diced
- ¼ cup red onion finely diced
Avocado Ranch Dressing:
- 1/2 cup avocado about ½ an avocado
- 1 tablespoon greek yogurt or nondairy yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
- ¼ teaspoon dried chives optional
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup water
Instructions
- In a large bowl toss romaine and cabbage together.
- Add toppings and toss until combined.
- Set salad aside. In a food processor or small blender, combine all dressing ingredients until smooth.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Tessa says
Lovely salad with perfect combinations and easy to prepare.
JANE T RITCHUK says
just made some for lunch today, tastes very good, creamy and yummy. Took a lot more than 1/3 cup water to make a dressin, more like 3/4. can hardly wait for noon to roll around, just 2 hours to go!!
Cebi Waterfield says
Absolutely delicious!!! Best salad in the series but all of them were great!! This is going to be a regular at our house. The avocado dressing is so rich and and creamy!!! Love this one!