Is The TikTok Green Goddess Salad Overrated?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- I'm not a salad person but EVERYONE HAS BEEN RAVING about this damn viral tiktok salad. So I figured... maybe this is an opportunity to grow into a salad-loving adult. Did it work? Guess you'll just have to wait and see now WONTCHA
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The irony of me watching Merle saying she feels like an adult for eating a bowl of green veggies while I sit here eating a bowl of chocolate cereal and oat milk is definitely not lost on me...
😂 life is about balance
@@MerleONeal True. The eternal balance of green goddesses and chocolate... devils. 😂 Your comment made my day!
Bro, same! lol
I always say, “I’m a vegetarian, not a rabbit.” I also loathe salads. Give me all of the vegetables, just not in a salad. 🤷🏼♀️
Speakin my language
Amen
But how can you be vegan and not like any salads 😭😂Im aware that rabbits eat veggies but I’m also not a rabbit and not vegan and literally eat every salad ever and I’m a meat-eater💀
My husband is also not a salad fan, but it helped a lot when i added some quinoa or bulgur and some cooked lentils (brown or green) to the salad, giving it more Oompf, he likes them better now :).
YEP!!!!!!
I'm so happy for an honest response. I've been wanting to try a variation of this I saw where they sub cilantro for the basil, and add jalapeno to make it more of a chimichurri salad, which would pair better with the chips I think.....
@Merle plz make! 🥺
I made the recipe with cilantro at first, then the basil version. 100% the cilantro version is better.
@@UltraHanisah OH, good to know! I had a feeling it would, but I'm also NOT a fan of basil. LOL
I’m living for that twist!!
You are happy to find the response which you were looking for, do you mean ?
The salad is amazing in its original recipe, to make a taco out of it is disgusting.! If your personality depends on liking or disliking mixing different greens together- good luck with your life
I realized recently that I don’t care for salads for the same reason I don’t care for casseroles: it’s the same bite, all the time. The entire meal tastes like one thing. I get bored after 4 bites! I love veggies, and I’d rather have the veggies separated in my plate so I can have variety. The ingredients in casseroles are typically good, but I’d rather have them individually on the plate. Once I figured that out, I became much less ashamed about not caring for salads. On the side is fine, but I’m not gonna eat a big bowl of it.
This is the best explanation for my salad hatred that I've ever seen. Especially with the amount of salad you need to eat in order to make it a full meal, I get tired of it quickly.
OMG. THIS!!
was eating a fabulous salad with variety of textures and flavors while i read this comment
Yes, same. Even if there are a bunch of different ingredients/components a salad gets mixed up so it all kinda tastes the same. I've always been a fan of tapas style eating, so whenever I eat a plate of food, everything is seperate and tastes as much.
That’s definitely a valid opinion for you. I feel like personally I can get salads with a lot of variety and different bites, just gotta add a lot of different textures and colors (fresh leafy greens, raw vegetables, chips/croutons, beans) and I find there is plenty of variety between bites. I really don’t care for the salads that are basically lettuce and dressing, those are boring, basically water, and won’t fill you up or be enjoyable.
wait-- why is no one talking about MERLES VOICE??!?!? SHE IS SO GOOD AT SINGING WHAT
I CAME TO THE COMMENTS TO SAY THIS EXACTLY!🥰
Literally where is everyone her voice is so nice
@@aimeehewitt7620 just to let you know, when you say "like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth", it means when someone's acting all sweet and innocent, but really isn't
Right?! I was like um more pretty please Merle
I know! Eponine!
My issue with this salad is how much it makes. Chopping up a whole head of cabbage result in a mountain of salad so I for sure would cut the quantities in half.
So easy to just make quarter or even less. I cut down recipes all the time.
Watched a tiktoker trying to "fix" the salad and added avocado, jalapeños, cilantro instead of basil, apple cider vinegar and parmesan to the dressing...looked yummy!
kinda defeat the purpose of a vegan salad to put animal products in there...
@@XxCristalHeartxX didn't know it was supposed to be vegan, you can use nooch to replace parmesan tho
@@bhumikakhatri2621 it is not a "vegan thing"...the original recipe uses mayo amd sour cream. This is a vegan variation. And in our case we can always use vegan parmesan.
@@XxCristalHeartxX im simply saying she used parmesan...we can always substitute for vegan parmesan
@@XxCristalHeartxX One of the things I hate that a lot of people vegan people do is act as if you can't take shit out... just take the parmesan out, it'll still taste very similar
as an italian, i have one SUPER simple salad that i absolutely LOVE. It’s just tomatoes, basil, red onion, cucumber and sometimes I also add chickpeas, along with a little olive oil, lemon, black pepper and salt. I do recognize that italian ingredients are way more flavorful, especially the tomatoes, but I literally eat it almost every day in the summer and it is BOMB.
Pro-tip: add a raw bell pepper cut into slices to that
I'm also Italian and my family makes it like this all the time
I love Greek salad with a base of tomatoes cucumber feta cheese oregano olive oil and salt and then whatever else I feel like adding like peppers, onions, olives , and other herbs!!
Also a dish from Crete called Dako wich is chopped tomatoes with feta on a.piece of super dried crispy type of bread with olive oil and oregano.
Basically tomato and feta combination is the best
Ok so it’s literally a Greek salade 😅
”As aN iTaLiAn”🙄
@@ceciliaj3148 Oh shut up Johanna
I know you thought “cuce” was just a cute nickname for the cucumbers, but since Kuk in Swedish means the cucumber looking male organ I couldn’t help but laugh through the whole chopping part of the video😭
"Now we're gonna do our little baby cuces". Nej, tack.
And this is why we need and love Merle. Your honesty and sincerity is why we all love you. Thank you 😊💖.
Yeah, it’s pesto coleslaw. 🤷♀️ It took too long and made too much, imo. I liked it but wasn’t wowed. And for the leftovers (all twenty pounds of it) I added vegan feta to make it a little tastier.
They took a nice dressing and dumped it on the oddest combination of salad ingredients. Cabbage and green onions? Why?
I’ve made some tweaks: twice the dressing, half the cabbage, 2 cups of chopped spinach, 2 cups chopped romaine. Marinate tofu in lemon, garlic, red Chile flakes, pan fry. Wrap up in a tortilla. What to do with Leftover salad: combine 1 cup salad, 1 smashed avocado and eat with tortilla chips. OR Combine 1 cup salad, 1 cup cold cooked pasta and enjoy!
That is an excellent idea. Thank you so much for sharing it
Thanks for trying out this recipe and being honest about it. Have a new idea for a salad now. Big Love ❤️
I made this last week for the first time, with a few tweaks... I used limes instead of lemons (at least 6 good sized limes to get enough juice), and I added a couple avocados to the blender to make the dressing creamier. I also used cilantro (one bunch) instead of basil bcuz it's my fave (& I'm not a basil fan except for in marinara, lol), added a good tsp of fresh ground pepper along with the salt and used my food processor to chop the cabbage and cukes really finely along with a couple jalapenos I added for a spicy kick. It was actually really delish with tortilla chips! My tweaks gave it a mexican tomato-less salsa vibe. Everyone at the get together I brought it to LOVED it, and the huge bowl was gone, give it a try!
Edit... forgot one of my tweaks, I've used parmesan cheese and cotija cheese instead of the nutritional yeast. They both worked great, I couldn't tell too much of a difference between the two
Commenting so I can come back and make your suggested adjustments!
@@quyenlai3966 😉 I just saw your response (thanks RUclips, lol) when I came back to the vid to remind myself of the ingredients I used, and I realized I missed one of my tweaks in my original comment... I used parmesan cheese instead of the nutritional yeast, and the next time I made it I swapped the parmesan with Mexican cotija cheese. I didn't notice too much of a difference between the two, both of them worked great 👍
That definitely looks like a side dish slaw. My favorite salad, not side but meal salad, is the weekend glow kale salad from oh she glows. Have some pita chips on the side and it's delicious! It's one of those salads that's better the next day and I used to make it to take to work all the time.
Wish I could jar your personality & spread it to others 😂💜
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Honestly I have never made a green goddess salad quite that plain. I have always added a mix of green capsicum, fresh mixed green beans, some spinach, avocado etc and then added some mixed grains to it. For me there is just not enough bang for your buck with the original although like you say the dressing is just amazing!!!
Thank you for an honest opinion, sometimes I see those salads, bowls and even though I can imagine the taste people make it so I think I need to try because I'm missing out on something delicious 😄
You are so welcome!
Ola Merle, I also thought salads were a scam but then I tried Deliciously Ella's Creamy Kale salad and Mexican Salad. Literally soooo yummy, they are from her Quick and Easy cookbook but she has a Caesar Salad one on her website similar to the kale one xxxx
Love the emmymade shoutout! She's the best, her voice is so calming.
holy cow merle your hair color is BEAUTIFUL !! its literally chocolate ! dang has it always been this beautiful colour??
aw thanks, it's my natural color!
Thanks for being honest! I love cooked cabbage or a slaw but never raw. That is what held be back from making this salad. I think I will try what you said and do the same recipe but with some leafy greens.
I appreciate an honest response! Everyone acts like it’s absolutely revolutionary 🤣🤣
That's a fair reaction! It is more of a slaw! I like eating it with tortilla chips 🥰 also you can chop the cabbage in a food processor to get it really nice and fine for dippin' 😁
I like the salad but only when the cabbage is diced super finely. The big chucks of cabbage overpower everything imo
Welcome back Merle 💕💕
The key is to have veggies that really complements each other + a TASTY DRESSING! The veggies in the GGS looks good but I rather mix it with my own, tested dressing.
Great video, thanks Merle 🤗
...I was thinking the same thing, gotta wilt that main fare, some salt first, to get it tender, and rinse it (or let it sit 24hr, and hope the acid does it?); or use a whole different base green, or it'd be hard to eat.
i absolutely love the background music that you chose. jazz fan here 🤘🏻
I dunno, I love my greens but this seems a bit much. I'm vegetarian and love lettuce and cucumbers etc. But ye nah, I was excited for this but it seems a bit much... I don't think I would like this ... definitely too much cabbage and lemon for once... Oh well. Guess we'll keep on searching 😅. Thanks for trying it and bringing it our attention tho!! Always appreciate a Merle post any day! 💖💖
Thanks for the honest review! I was also initially underwhelmed. Over time I added tarragon to the dressing and subbed nuts with a dollop of Greek yogurt. My preferred salad is half cabbage, half quinoa, some shredded carrots, sliced radishes, and shredded chicken. It's basically a different recipe at this point but I make it all the time haha
Please make this a series!
I love how TikTok is like young people rediscovering older stuff. Not that it's bad, but like Green Goddess was very trendy in the 70s, just like I remember doing the 15-30 minute weekly oil cleanse back in college (so like 2010) and even then it was old. But good things never really die, and I like people rediscovering past popular stuff...even if im not a huge fan. Green Goddess dressing on a baked chicken dish is amazing tho btw.
I actually love salads.. Made my way and enjoyed this salad as well.. But maybe my cabbage was smaller. 😅 and I don't find shallots or chives or nutritional yeast easily in my country so I found substitutes and skipped nk and added just a teaspoon of vegan mayo... Just want to say.. It's one of the easier salads to eat.
I only do half a cabbage for this recipe when I make it. I also use apple cider vinegar and switch the basil for cilantro and eat it with cool ranch Doritos like a dip. It’s my favorite way to eat it. 😋
OOOH cool ranch! yum! I agree you need a bold chip to stand up to the flavors of the dip. I was using salsitas - I bet you'd like those too! If you haven't had before, they're salsa flavored chips.
@@jennifermorrison4363 Oh hell yeah! Those are bomb too! Thanks for reminding me, cause I’ve been in cool ranch highway 🤣
I feel like this would be great with some diced green apple added. Or pear!
Oooo yeah
I bet that would be pretty great if you added more mixed greens, and then wrapped it in a spinach tortilla and made it into a wrap! Plus, you’d keep the green theme!
Sorry couldn't concentrate on the food in this video, I was too busy admiring and contemplating how amazing your hair looked
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Thank you for your honesty!
TBH the allium punch got to me after the initial noms so I ended up baking it in the oven with cheese on top. Phew! I love allium but once I wasn't hungry, the magic wore off.
You are brilliant! I love the way you talk :) lots of love from Poland
Aw thank you for the love!
Yea at the end of the day its a salad of raw cabbage, and that can be tough for people to eat flavour wise and even on your stomach. I do enjoy the taste of raw cabbage and Brussel sprouts but I know they're rough on my stomach raw, cooked is fine! If I were to make any part of this I would make the dressing as is and either mix in the chives and green onion into it after blending, or just be sure to have the chives, green onion, and cucumber as a topping for mixed greens like you said. Maybe a trick to make the cabbage more tolerable or hidden is to chop it smaller that everything. I don't love chewing on a big piece of cabbage but its almost like the texture or chew is different when its smaller
I love your hair! Looks different in the best way possible
Hmm...haven't tried this salad yet, but your idea of using it in wrap sounds intriguing -- maybe with some Lentils du Puy (French green lentils that don't break down, and are thus often used for salads). I wonder how it keeps in a wrap?
Everyone else’s version has much smaller diced vegetables, so perhaps that’s the problem?
You should do a salad series where you try a bunch of different salads I need ideas lol
I put in less cabbage. I add shredded Brussel sprouts, and more nuts in the dressing, I also don't cut them by hand. I put it in the processor and the pieces are smaller.
I would love to try this salad the dressing looks very yummy and creamy :)
I'm not usually a fan of green salad dressings, so MY EXPECTATIONS are LOW!!!!
YOUR REACTION CONFIRMED MY EXPECTATION!!
And she was STILL disappointed! 🤣🤣🤣
Merle & Aria I love this salad & I made it! I love salads but I got 2 say when r girls Alix, & Emmy made it, Ik I would like it! Green is my fav color anyways but also happy St. Patty's Day King, & Queen I love u guys!!! 💚🥒🥗☘🍀
I love you Merle ❤️❤️💕
Dude your hair looks great in this video!
It's a pretty good salad. Definitely doesn't stay fresh for more than a couple days. It's a nice alternative flavor profile to your standard pico or chimichurri. You need a very bold chip to stand up to it (i.e. salsitas). It was fun to try but definitely didn't make the roster!
Agreed solid 6, I made it today, ended up adding some cherry Boccioni and avocado. Im going add a drop of widow maker chill sauce to give it abit more flavour .... I have so much left over as I used 350g of cabbage. Also I don't think you need two whole juiced lemons it abit much 1 will be fine.
I haven’t had this yet but I love all those green crunchies. My fave salad is iceberg, cuke, green onion, and peas lol. I know I will inhale this next time I have $18 and friends.
Oh?! I actually really enjoyed it but definitely have to put a little less cabbage and more dressing ;P I enjoy it with some pita chips too, hehe
The waterdrop when you were cutting the cabbage was a paid actor haha
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I normally just sauté the veggies. As long as it doesn’t involve much oil, anything works.
The salad looks okay but it definitely needs more protein and carbs. I mean. It's all veggies and the dressing is more veggies and some oil, basically. Even if it's yummy, you're probably not gonna feel super satisfied/satiated afterwards
Procrastinating at work to watch this bc I need to know your thoughts on this salad 👀
BARBIE
I'd totally agree on the overdoing it on the cabbage. And I made it that's all I could taste really with it just a hint of the dressing and didn't really do anything for me. Maybe the dressing on some other kind of greens like you said...🤔
This looks good. I'd swap the cabbage for mixed greens and half the acid in the dressing, or use a diluted ACV instead of lemon juice. I'd add green apples and pecans too, and maybe chickpeas. I feel like this would work well over brown rice for some reason, like the freshness would compliment the mild earthiness of brown rice.
this is not so much about the content of the video haha but which camera are you using? I love the quality of the video😍
The cabbage looked like it was sweating profusely as you were cutting into it haha
That dressing is actually what I use with my noodles for a vegan pesto
I don’t like salad much
I haaaaated this salad.
My favourite salad is a salad that makes me wanna eat it all the time. It’s spinach and any other leafy bois you like, cherry tomatoes, toasted almond slithers and pine nuts, roasted pumpkin, cucumber, sometimes avocado, then the dressing is balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt n pepper, some honey or brown sugar, and some garlic and onion powder, you just measure with your soul, and mix until it’s emulsified. Mix it all together and enjoy
“My ancestors tasted that.” Is one of the most amazing quips ever spoken.
I love your hair!!
Love you Merle🥰Even though you are going through a tough time, you channel your energy into love 😍P.S Salad hater as well. That stuff is hard to digest😅
Thank you so much!
I've heard it's really good with tortilla chips? I'll find out one day, when I have a high powered blender. 😂
I know it’s not the same, but I believe if you have time you can grind some of the sauce. Also less mess/clean.
*You can pound; and grind it.
**you can pound; and grind some of the sauce. Also less mess/cleaning.
Viola just FYI I’m on Safari on my phone, so I cannot edit my message; and I do not like the application version on my phone. Sorry if that is Irritating for you.
My brain does nor like salad, but the second i put it in a wrap, i wish i could only eat that for the rest of my life. I guess im gonna try the... 50 shades of green salad wrap sometime
Wilted/sauteed cabbage is actually super yummy.
Wilted cabbage with olive oil salt & pepper is really good on its own so I bet it would be awesome with the green goddess dressing.
(Raw cabbage isn't my jam either)
Air fried cabbage 👀
"My ancestors tasted that" You crack me up dahhling
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That thumbnail & caption got me weak in my knees 🤣
i think its better to cut very thin slices/ plane the cucumber and cabbage, instead of chopping it into this chunks - also here in austria we salt the sliced cabbage and let it sit for an hour, "massage" it a bit, and rins the water afterwards, so it becomes softer!
Chive ASMR was some good shit. This salad looks so good but also like so much work haha.
Merle is everybody's nice and gorgeous cousin that make you discover new stuff.
ah yes another wonderful video of good Vybz, personality and food 🤌🏾
Wha ... streaming on Twitch?? How fun! If damn fiber internet ever gets set up, I'm streaming too. Going to go follow your Twitch channel. Also ... I love the honest review of this salad.
There's a salad dressing brand called Green Goddess and I was wondering if this was going to be some promotional thing for that. Guess not since you had to make your own dressing.
I love that salad and tortilla chips with it are a must.
she sang so good
I kept thinking there was avocado in this recipe somewhere. I'm strangely disappointed to learn there isn't??
I think if a couple avocados got added either straight to the salad or the dressing and putting some cilantro in there it'd be boss af.
Also probably less cabbage. 😂
I've made this several times I never use more than half a cabbage. A whole cabbage felt like too much.
your instincts were correct
I will say that her style of cutting up vegetables have really made me eat more salad. I'm not anti salad but I get tired of eating salad and I've also been eating it with tortilla chips. Sometimes I just do a basic iceberg, green onion and tomato with her lemon vinaigrette. Goooood. I wasn't a real fan of the Green goddess either
“Lemony snicket” 😂😂
Enjoyed your video, and you honest opinion
Yes, it is true that by roasting or baking you lose some of the nutrients, however, cooked veggies get absorbed faster and more efficiently. Raw veggies are packed with nutrients but your digestive system will not absorb most anyway because it is not designed to do so. Also, if you saute the spinach your body absorbs 3x more calcium than consumed raw. Balance raw and cooked is key.
I want merles version of a salad they like to eat
I could eat this as a side with my main meal, but to just eat this as an entire meal? I could absolutely not.
I honestly love salad! I crave it along with tons of other really unhealthy things…cough cough… brownies, Oreos, chips…..But this one was just meh. I need some garbanzo beans, beets, carrots and tomatoes!!!
3:18-3:24 Merle sure can sing
I made it and loooved it! I ate the thing by myself 😆
I think you should make your own version and call it 50 Shades of Green!!
Merle: Theres only one salad that I like.
Me: Pasta salad! 🤤
I love salad and I took one look at it and hated it. A good salad has color and texture variety. And chickpeas, and croutons and thick dressing
other folks seem to prefer it as a relish for tortilla or corn chips rather than a side dish, but I'm also wondering if it improves after sitting for a bit.
I'm a salad hater, usually, but my in-laws made a salad for me to go along with my curry, one specially made for me as a vegan and it was soooo good. It was so basic but it was diced cucumber tomatoes, red onion and sweet corn and no sauce or anything was needed as it was soooo good. Idk why it was good, but I think the sweet corn really pulled it together. It also looked so time consuming but they have been sooo supportive of me being vegan, more than my own mother, who threatened to kick me out when I first went vegan🙄.
I laughed out loud at “coding my internal organs” 😂😂😂so funny
Aaaah the earworm. Could someone help me out here in figuring out what is the title of the background music playing starting from 1:45? Many thanks.