Green Goddess Dressing with grilled vegetable skewers
This creamy herbal dressing is perfect perfect used as a salad dressing or a condiment for grilled vegetables and protein. It also makes a delicious sauce for a sandwich wrap.
Equipment
- wooden or metal kebob skewers if using wood skewers, soak in water for 1 hour before using
Ingredients
Dressing
- 1 cup plain low fat Greek Yogurt
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup fresh Tarragon
- 1/4 cup fresh Parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh Chives, minced fresh or dried
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, minced fresh Dill
- 1 Garlic Clove approximately 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons fresh squeezed Lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoons Capers with juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- pepper to taste
Grilled Vegetable Skewers
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 3 whole Peppers red, yellow, orange, or green
- 1 whole large Red Onion
- 16 White Button Mushrooms
- 1 whole medium Zucchini cut into 1/2 inch disks
- 1 whole Summer Squash cut into 1/2 inch disks
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
Dressing
- Add all ingredients to blender and blend on medium-high for 1-2 minutes or until dressing is smooth and all ingredients have been incorporated. Taste, add more salt or pepper to your liking. Pour into a glass container and store in refrigerator up to 1 week.
Vegetable Skewers
- Clean all vegetables.
- Cut stems off mushrooms. Cut seeds and white core out of peppers, then cut into 1-2 inch pieces. Cut zucchini and summer squash horizontally into 1/2 inch pieces. Cut the ends off onion, and peel, cut onion in half and then cut each half in half, then quarter each half leaving you with 8 pieces, pull onion apart into sections.
- Starting skewering process with a piece of pepper alternating vegetables and ending with a piece of pepper. If you plan correctly you should end up with 8 vegetable skewers and maybe a few extra vegetables.
- Brush with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Turn grill on to medium high heat. Place vegetable skewers on grill shut the lid and wait 5 minutes, lift lid and using tongs flip skewers to the other side, shut lid and grill for another 5 minutes. Remove to a platter and let rest for a few minutes before serving. Drizzle with dressing and server with a small bowl of Green Goddess Dressing for dipping!
Notes
Green Goddess Dressing pairs well with a side salad, or along side grilled chicken, fish, and beef.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pieceCalories: 275kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 5gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 357mgPotassium: 264mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 261IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 1mg
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