Copy Cat Panera Modern Greek Salad

5 from 15 votes

One of my favorite salads to prep for lunches for the week or a delicious dinner for the week. The dressing is such a great homemade staple and pairs well with many salads! This is a go to for the week.

Prep Time15

Cook Time5

Course: Main Course, Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: antioxidants, greek salad, healthy dinners, healthy eats, healthy meals, nutritious foods, protein packed, salad inspo, salad recipe, superfoods, vegetarian meals

Servings:

Calories: 666kcal

Author: Alaina Hinkle

Equipment

Frying pan
stock pot

Ingredients

Healthy Greek Salad Dressing

2/3 cup light olive oil
1/3 cup regular olive oil
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp shallots
1 clove garlic minced
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp pepper

Modern Greek Salad Ingredients

5 oz baby mix
2 cups kale
1/2 cucumber
1/2 cup kalamata olives
4 oz feta cheese
1/2 cup quinoa
1/4 cup red onions
1/2 cup almonds
12 cherry tomatoes
1/2 tbsp butter

Instructions

Healthy Greek Salad Dressing

In immersion blender cup, add in all the above ingredients. Immersion blend quickly up & down for 3 seconds. You will see it start to get a creamy color like above. You don't want to immersion blend too long, because you don't want the oregano flakes to be completely emulsified, but you want it to still incorporate to see that color change to a more "creamy" look.

Modern Greek Salad

In a large frying pan add in 1/2 tbsp of butter and turn on medium heat. Wait for butter to start to melt then add in sliced almonds. Toast, while continue to move them around for 3-5 minutes, until they start to brown on both sides. You want them brown not dark to burnt. Then place off heat until ready to build salad!
Cook Quinoa based on package instructions. Then place in large bowl to cool until ready to build salad too
In 2 bowls disperse the greens. then layer on the cucumbers, sliced onions, toasted almonds, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, quinoa & then drizzle the delicious healthy greek dressing on top!

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