Name: Beautiful Boston Lettuce Vegetable Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 head Boston lettuce; 1/2 cup basil leaves (torn); 2 cups baked herb zucchini (see link in post); 1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes; 1/4 yellow bell pepper (cut in chunks); 1 1/2 cup cucumber (chopped into chunks); 1 avocado (cut into chunks); Dressing of choice (mine is green goddess (see link in post))

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This beautiful Boston lettuce vegetable salad recipe is a fun salad that is not only pretty but delicious!

The avocado added to the salad with some dressing in the background

I love most salads. And I have to say that I love this beautiful beautiful Boston lettuce vegetable salad, too. And no, that isn’t just because I live near Boston.

Okay, maybe a little.

😉

Actually I love it because it’s pretty to look at as well as delicious to eat. Call me superficial but I like pretty things. I find Boston lettuce rather delicate-looking. Do you? Leave me a comment if you agree. I love how soft the lettuce is and how each leaf is like a little cup, which makes it perfect for little roll ups.

But that is not how I’m going to use the lettuce today.

I took a glance once again at the photo above and noticed that there isn’t any lettuce showing! But believe me, it’s there!

On to the Beautiful Boston Lettuce Vegetable Salad

Here is one of the reasons I love Boston lettuce: its little nub of roots.

Roots of the Boston lettuce sticking up, with an avocado, cucumber, yellow bell pepper, tomatoes and zucchini in the background

Isn’t that the cutest thing?

Some people like to remark on the cuteness of babies and puppies, and where I do find them cute, I like to remark on cute food. 🙂

Here’s another photo of the Boston lettuce; this time right side up.

Boston lettuce and all the ingredients for the salad

I cut off the cute root nub and mourn its loss. But once I get over it, I rally, pull myself together and wash the lettuce.

Next, I tear the leaves in bite sized chunks and place them in a medium sized bowl. You’ll notice I also snuck in some basil leaves.

Lettuce torn in a beige bowl with the rest of veggies in the background

Building

Now for the exciting part! The building of the salad!

First up, I use the baked herb zucchini. I line it in the middle of the salad to give it the star billing that it deserves!!

Baked zucchini lined up in the middle of the Boston lettuce

Next up, some grape tomatoes. I love me some sweet grape tomatoes!

Grape tomatoes lined up next to the zucchini and more veggies in the background

Let’s bring in some yellow to the salad. I chop up 1/4 of a large yellow pepper and line it right beside the zucchini.

yellow pepper on the other side of the zucchini with the avocado and cucumber in the background

We are getting there! Time to forge on!

I cut up some cucumber into little chunks and place it beside the tomatoes.

Cucumber added next to the tomatoes for the salad

Ahhh-voh-cah-doh time, peeps.

I cut up the avocado in chunks and place it next to the yellow pepper.

I grab the bowls, forks and green goddess dressing and get ready to serve the salad!

Christopher is hovering. I must get a move on.

The salad served in a pink bowl and the dressing in a little container

Christopher picks up the dressing and gets ready to pour.

A male hand starting to pour dressing on the salad

Come on! Pour already Christopher.

Drips of green dressing going on the salad

He’s such a good pourer!

We ate this salad for a few days and it was so delicious. Fresh as the day I made it! How great is that?

I hope you enjoyed this recipe!

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And as always, may all your dishes be delish!