Easy side salad with lemon dressing


This easy salad with avocado, cucumber, radishes and fennel is the ultimate side salad and the lemon dressing is simple and delicious.

Easy side salad with lemon dressing

This side salad has become my go-to pretty much every day of the week. It’s featured alongside juicy lemon herb roast chickenas part of a help-yourself dinner party with charcuterie and cheese platters and as a healthy side dish to easy grilled steak.

I know fennel isn’t something most people love and to be honest, I’m in that camp too. I’m not too crazy about its anise-flavor (even though I do like licorice). But, I have a found a way to mellow that flavor and make fennel absolutely delicious. By marinating the thinly sliced fennel in fresh lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper, the fennel loses its strong flavor. Instead, it adds gentle sweetness and a whole lot of crunch to this salad.

I marinated the fennel and radishes together and their marinade also becomes the dressing. The rest of the salad is made up of baby lettuce or salad leaves, sliced cucumber and avocado. I also crumbled in some feta cheese but if you’d prefer to keep this salad vegan, you can definitely leave it out.

Easy side salad with lemon dressing

What is a side salad?

A side salad is usually a simple green salad (made with a variety of lettuce/leafy greens, cucumber, tomato and sometimes onion) but can be any salad served with a main as a side dish.

What do you put in a salad?

Salads are incredibly versatile and are a great way to use up fresh vegetables. Any leafy green/lettuce can work as a base and can be topped with any fresh vegetable. From simple cucumber and tomato to thinly sliced carrots, peppers, sugar snap peas, radishes, fennel, celery, baby corn, onion (and green onion), green beans and avocado. Feta cheese, shavings of Parmesan or goat’s cheese are all excellent additions to a salad. You can also add berries, pomegranate or sliced stone fruit like plums and peaches to salads.

What to serve with salad

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Easy side salad with lemon dressing

Easy side salad with lemon dressing

This easy salad with avocado, cucumber, radishes and fennel is the ultimate side salad and the lemon dressing is simple and delicious.

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Course: Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy salad dressing, side salad, side salad recipes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Calories: 137kcal
Author: Alida Ryder
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 2 fennel bulbs finely sliced
  • 150g 5oz radishes finely sliced
  • 200 g/7oz salad leaves of your choice
  • 1 English cucumber/ 8 baby cucumbers sliced
  • 1-2 avocados sliced
  • ½ cup feta cheese crumbled

for the dressing

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1-2 tsp salt
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a large bowl then add the sliced fennel and radish. 
  • Mix well and allow to marinate for at least 5 minutes but up to 30 minutes. 
  • Add all the remaining ingredients into the bowl then toss well and serve. 

Nutrition

Calories: 137kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 563mg | Potassium: 520mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 375IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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