Southwest Ranch & Quinoa Salad | How I Lost 30 Pounds in 90 Days | Vegan Nutritarian Salad Recipe
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- So many requests for more big salads, Ranch dressing, and southwest flavors -- this recipe combines ALL those requests into one huge vegan, nutritarian salad. The quinoa salad can be made days ahead of time for a grab and go lunch salad solution. If you're sticking with "component meal prep" like I talked about previously, this whole salad will come together in less than 15 minutes! The dressing will keep fresh in an air tight container for at least 4-5 days.
Ranch Dressing (recipe from Hello Nutritarian hellonutritarian.com/no-oil-t...) -- makes 6 servings (each serving ~1/3 cup)
14 oz package firm tofu
1/2 cup water, divided
3 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp fresh curly parsley, finely chopped (sub 1 1/2 tbsp dried)
1 1/2 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped (sub 3/4 tbsp dried)
1 1/2 tbsp fresh chives, finely chopped (sub 3/4 tbsp dried)
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
For Southwest Ranch, add 1-2 TBSP Taco Seasoning
Taco Seasoning Recipe:
4 tablespoon chili powder
3 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Quinoa Salad Topping - 6 servings
1 Cup raw quinoa, prepare to pkg directions
2 cans black beans
2 cups corn
2 cups bell peppers
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup red onion
2 jalapeños
zest of 2 limes
juice of 1 lemon
2 TBSP taco seasoning
6 clam shells of salad greens (I like baby kale)
3 ripe avocados (half per serving)
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Hope you all enjoy this salad! 🥗 Let me know what other types of big salads you’d like to see!
@thegeoffreyalan what blender do you use?
@@christinek22 It's the Breville Boss. They've discontinued it and replaced with The Super Q blender. It looks like the same thing, but a differently shaped jug. I'm very happy with mine -- I've had it since 2015 and haven't had any issues.
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i love how your videos are straightforward and quick to the point. love ur recipes!!
Honestly would have never thought of the tofu in the dressing! I've used tofu in smoothies for creaminess and it works there. You have become my salad go-to!
I've been wanting to try it in some desserts.
THANKS for these GREAT salad recipes! And I LOVE your weekly prep to make it soooooo much easier! I want to include more salads (but not boring) recipes in my day and I love all the salad recipes and dressings you have shared.
You have a great presence with a cheerful smile and I always look forward to your videos!
Thanks again!
Oh wow, this looks amazing! Thanks again for more salad dressing recipes and salad recipes. I love all the prepped veg. It’s so handy and I vow to do all the prep every weekend for a weeks worth of your amazing salad recipes. Thank you so much.
So excited to try this! The dressing looks amazing 🤩
Keep up the great work and approach. I appreciate all your recipes! Thanks.
Oh my gosh this looks so good!😊 I’m looking forwards to making this!
I made the dressing yesterday and they were great! I will be making this salad today and cant wait!
I found your channel around 5000 subscribers. You've grown so much recently! I'm really excited that you're getting the attention you deserve. You put so much hard work in every video 💛
Thank you so much! 😊
Geoffrey Alan: When I started watching about a month ago, you were at 7.8 thousand. Dude, you're on fire and you've earned it. Congratulations!
Please come back! Love your content and your style! Hope you are ok
Looks amazing! So glad I’ve found you and your videos! TY!!!
Thanks for this large advance prep salad!! Awesome!
Love this! I will be making the dressing tonight!
I cannot wait to try this!
new subbie. love how you narrate and show the recipes. you deserve 100k+ subscribers!
Thank you for posting salads. This looks similar good!
Love love love this!!! Thank you so much!
Proud of you, young man, and thanks for the inspiration.
I like the tofu in the ranch idea! I will be trying your ranch dressing recipe ASAP!
Such a talented and sincere young man. 👍
I'm definitely going to make that salad dressing and salad. Thank you.
HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN YOUR VIDEOS... i love this kind of information !
Love your videos quick, easy and informative thank you ! Going to make this today
Looks great! I can’t wait to try all of that deliciousness!!!
Love the southwest dressing...so good!
That ranch looks so good, thanks!
Wow. I have to try this! Looks delicious and healthy. I will be shopping for those ingredients on my next grocery haul. Thanks!!!!
Love your salads!! Keep it up!!
Thank you -- will do!
Your videos are so great Geoffrey! I love an herby ranch so will definitely try this. I like a little spice too so might rehydrate a chipotle pepper and add for a chipotle version. Thanks for all of the great ideas!
Chipotle peppers in here would be great! I’ve made hummus with chipotle peppers in adobo before and it was incredible.
This recipe looks so yummy, I should try this recipe, thanks for sharing
Looks amazing!!!!
Thank you for this idea. Looks yummy. I have most of the ingredients and I need to batch cook. I watched your weight loss video and now this so I am inspired to get moving in the right direction.
Looks incredible! Thanks for the recipe! I use tofu in place of ground chicken in that spicy lettuce wrap recipe of yours but I never thought to use it in dressing.
Thank you that looks delicious and clean eating
omg!! this is awesome!!!! thank u
Hi, Geoffrey. This recipe is fantastic! My husband can't have Quinoa, it just doesn't agree with him, so I think I'll substitute millet in this recipe. I didn't know you could eat tofu without cooking it. Your sauce seems like a game changer to avoid vegan mayo based sauces and still get that creamy texture.
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas! After I found your channel, I was inspired to make mason jar salads for lunch. And we had our first jar of the week yesterday, what a hit! You're an inspiration! You have a new fan for life.
Looks amazing
This looks so good, Geoffrey! Watching this as I inhale an xxl Hot Pocket 😬. I’m trying to change, I swear.
🤣 all about balance
I hear you. It's hard.
@@GeoffreyAlan. I haven't had a chance to watch all of your videos, but I know you used tofu in the dressing recipe. I would love to see ideas for using it as an addition to salads. I'm really trying to cut back on eating meat but want something I can use in it's place.
This looks really delicious 😊❤
I can't wait to try this dressing! If I'm not a huge fan of parsley do I substitute something else or just leave it out?
You can just leave out the parsley if you don't like the taste. I used curly here which is a bit more mild than Italian parsley.
Looks so good 😋
OMG 🤤 looks so delicious! 🤩
This looks so yummy! I was surprised that you didn't use a silken tofu for the dressing; however, yours turned out so nice and creamy even with regular firm tofu. That is great to know, as I rarely remember to buy the silken. Thank you for these recipes! 🌱
Oooh, silken would've probably worked even better! Glad you're enjoying the salad recipes 😄
I did veggie prep this week for easy salads after watching your videos. Thank you SO much for the inspiration to do that. I don't know how you made it look so much easier than others have, but you did. Do you have a video about how you prep your veggies for the week? Have a good one!
Glad to hear you're veggie-prepping! I have a video for my approach here: ua-cam.com/video/keyJuUP6w_k/v-deo.html
Yum!
This looks wonderful and I could eat it for lunch at school all week. How about a super nutritious Caesar salad? Oh, and I see you blew past 10K subscribers way before your birthday - congratulations!
Watch the sodium count in that “super nutritious” Caesar Salad because that’s horrible for your heart and blood pressure risking strokes and heart attacks.
@Amy Austin, thank you! This happened quickly 🥳 I have a good Caesar dressing made from cashews, nutritional yeast, and roasted garlic -- I'll make a video for it soon 😄
Never thought I would be texting my husband to bring home tofu..... but here we are
When I first started all of this these types of ingredients seemed so weird. Now I am 3 years in and traditional American diet foods are seeming weird to me. It's all what you get used to, so just try different things out and see what you like!
Yes I just emailed someone to recommend some brands. It will be my first time using it.😊
LOL I just finished prepping a SW salad! We made a dressing w/roasted poblano peppers and garlic, and silken tofu. Yum yum yum. Thanks for the inspirational videos. Maybe a recipe for a big salad with roasted vegetables?
A video for roasted vegetables is a great idea! I usually only roast during the fall/winter, but I'll play around with a spring/summer option 😄
I absolutely love your videos Geoffrey! I was wondering if you could do an easy meal prep video (medical student here who just needs to grab and go healthy lunch choices!). It doesn't have to be salads, but anything that won't go bad/whilt in the fridge by the end of the week :)
Great idea! I love meal prepping "bowls" for the week.
Made this earlier today - yummy! Didn’t have black beans (I *always* have black beans in the house - no idea how I missed that when I went shopping) so used sweet potato instead. I’m looking forward to trying more later after the flavors meld for a few hours.
Roasted sweet potato sounds like a nice flavor twist!
Yum! ♥
Love tofu, I made a creamy honey mustard with silken tofu and my family enjoyed it very much
I just started following you and really love your channel and your salads! Can you do a lentil salad?
Welcome! Great idea on a lentil salad 🤩
This looks amazing. I wonder if you could substitute white beans or chick peas for the tofu? Just a thought.
Looks delicious! Is there anything I can use to sub for the tofu? I can't eat it.
I’m cracking up...the Oxo salad chopper not available in Amazon anymore...you’re starting a frenzy
I bought one on Amazon a few weeks ago! It’s amazing!
Yes I got mine last week. Love it. Back in stock in May!!
@@myfosterfriends. I just checked it is out of stock and they don't know if or when it will be.
Hey, love the salads and the dressing is amazing. I have starting eating this way and I'm wondering why you cut out coffee???
It’s been a while since I read “Eat to Live” so I don’t remember the exact reason quitting coffee was recommended. I think caffeine can cause hormone and energy swings making it harder to stick to an eating plan. I’ve since resumed drinking coffee though.
the tofu for dressing idea is good for the extra protein.
I wonder if you could come up with anything like the Wilted Salad. The dressing is hot because you heat it up on the stove. But it's bacon - and that doesn't fit this eating lifestyle. But some warm dressings would be a great thing for variety and cold evenings. love all you have been doing ❤️
Love wilted salads, though the bacon dressing won't work for this way of eating 😄 I'll try to come up with something!
Hi Geoffrey,
I have been watching your lost 30 pounds in 90 days videos. I want to say thank you for opening up recipes that are easy to prepare. I wanted to ask that in your 90 days journey, did you vary your salads? Or did you stick to the same salad twice a day for 90 days?
During the original 90 days I ate basically the same salad twice every day. If I wasn't using the ginger-miso hummus, I used either salsa or plain citrus juice or plain red wine / balsamic vinegar. I didn't find it to be too repetitive, but now that I'm making all these new types of salads, it's definitely more exciting and easier to stick with 😅
@@GeoffreyAlan would you say eating the variety of salad that you are showing us in your series, can be part of the 90 day journey? I really want to start this journey, however, I am concern I might give up on the repetitiveness of the salad twice a day for the next 90 days. Would love to have variations of salads.
Can you do more videos of diff salads and dressings please
Will this work with regular organic firm tofu or do we need Silken tofu, please? Thank you!
I just started Eat to live exactly 1 week ago after watching one of your older videos!! Must say I am doing amazing however I had no idea how badly I would miss salt! Please tell me this gets better. Also, I have a bit of a hard time hearing your videos! I just wanted to let you know. You are so fun to watch!!
Getting used to not adding salt takes time, but it definitely gets easier! It takes a few weeks for a taste bud "reset" since most prepared foods have so much added sugar, salt, etc.
Holy dill, Batman! I'm def using half the dill next time and I added the paprika from the linked recipe as well as her amount of black pepper. I won't make that mistake again (because I'm def making it again). Still edible though. I'll try adding the taco seasoning when I do the sw bowl tomorrow.
I wonder if this tofu based ranch could get past a ranch aficionado. Hey Siri, put tofu and nutritional yeast on my shopping list. So excited for this experiment.
🤞please let me know how it works out! I'm not a ranch aficionado -- just a moderate enthusiast 🤣
I love cooking along, need to get a package of quinoa somewhere! The only way i yet have to overcome- is my addiction to bread on a side to a salad :) Thank you!
I've been getting my quinoa from Imperfect Foods lately (they generally have an overstock tri-color variety that I like).
@@GeoffreyAlan I'm from Poland, wonder if this company has the presence over here :) Thank you :)
I'm wondering if you eat things like a tofu scramble? If so, I'd really be interested in seeing how you make it. Also, I started to cut up my greens like you suggested and it makes them so much easier to eat.
I've used tofu as a topping on grain bowls and for this dressing, but aside from that it's not something I generally buy. I still eat eggs sometimes, so if I want a breakfast scramble, I just go for real eggs. Glad you're enjoying the cut up greens! So much easier to eat that way 😄
wait i love this recipe but i’ve never tried tofu before! does it have a certain taste?
I am on the keto diet but losing weight slowly even though i am working out as well; very little progress. So this summer i am goona dedicate myself to eating your salads all summer long &at the end of the summer i will get back with you on a update &update this comment. Hope i can lose the weight!
I’m always interested in sodium counts and serving sizes. Serving size is vital with counts. Of course taco seasoning mixes such as you made are the easiest to customize just by omitting salt but other ingredients such as canned beans, olives, pickles, sambal oelek or sriracha are very high in sodium too.
I’m a sodium counter too. I feel like people don’t really consider sodium. Since paying attention, I have learned it is added to almost eeevvvverreryyyything.
I made this dressing it’s so good. I didn’t make the southwestern yet.
The biggest problem with being oil free is the dressings.
I can’t stick to a wfpb oil free when everything tastes bland or terrible😭
Thank you 😊
Making the leap to oil-free dressings definitely takes some getting used to. Hopefully you'll find some you like here 😄
New subscriber here! Trying to change my way of eating. Can you please do a what i eat on a day video 💙
Great idea!
Great recipes Geoffrey! I prefer to avoid tofu because it is estrogenic. What other option would you recommend in replacement of tofu?
I think soaking cashews in water and then blending will be the best alternative to tofu. White beans may work, but I suspect the bean flavor will come through a bit.
@@GeoffreyAlan Awesome! Thank you Geoffrey!
I love cashew cream as a salad dressing and then I thin it out with water and just use a couple of tablespoons with my salad to keep the fat low. One recipe I really enjoy is not even a salad dressing one, though I modified it to be, and it is from Yeung Man Cooking's UA-cam video on Ultimate Vegan Nachos and it is the cheese sauce recipe and i just leave out the oil and add a bit more water to thin it out to a dressing consistency. You can also add lime or lemon juice to it or even apple cider vinegar for a bit of tang.
Enjoying your videos, Geoffrey. I've made this salad and the other Southwest salad. Love the creamy dressing, but is a bit bland to me. I guess you left salt out for added healthiness and sodium reduction? I've been putting jarred "sweet n hot" peppers in mine to give it some pizazz. A salad with curry might be good.
Right when the nutritional information was posted, there was a pop up in every single corner on the frame so I couldn't see anything. :( Is there anywhere else I can get the info?
What would be substitutable for a tofu
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I just tried making the chickpea/cilantro/lime dressing and to be honest, I just discovered I do NOT like cilantro lol. I need to keep trying your recipes to find my golden ticket dressing. These look good, I love a creamy dressing.
Oh no! Cilantro is definitely NOT for everyone. I made an avocado pesto sauce that might be a nice salad dressing actually. It's really thick and creamy.
Have you ever used tofu cubes in your salads? If you have, would love to see how you do that!
I haven’t myself, but enjoy tofu as a salad topper from a couple restaurants I go to. I’ll come up with something to share!
Could I sub white beans for tofu? Other non soy substitute?
White beans or soaked cashews would work well here. Cashews have a more neutral flavor (imo), but white beans will keep the nutritional more in-line with the original recipe (lower calorie and fat, higher protein).
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My blender is from 2015 and they don't make it anymore. The new model that replaced it has a redesigned jug that's less square and comes with a single-serve jug, too. Here's the affiliate link: amzn.to/3dy4qKk . I haven't used the new Super Q blender, but based on my experience with my Breville blender over 7 years, I'm confident this one will be ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Looks amazing, did you put salt in the dressing?
I didn’t add salt, but you could if you wanted to. Part of the Nutritarian way of eating is having a low-salt diet.
Geoffrey Alan ok, didn’t know that, will do some research! Thx!
What can I use instead of nutritional yeast
Brewer's yeast would work, but it's slightly more bitter vs nutty like nutritional yeast. The only other thing would be actual Parmesan (or a processed vegan faux-Parm alternative).
Salad greens looks dry. How do you get your salad greens dry or water free as possible? I've gotten to a point where I want salad greens dry minimal wter no water. Help.
The baby greens I buy are triple-washed and hydroponically grown, so I don't pre-wash before eating. I have a salad spinner, but it just can't get the baby greens dry enough for my liking. If you salad spin and then pat them try with an absorbent lint-free towel you'll get 90% or more of the water off.
Looks great but wait, 6 clam shells of greens? So that’s an entire 5 oz package of greens per serving???
Exactly -- each serving is a 5oz clamshell of salad greens. The goal with the "Eat to Live" approach is to eat as much veg as you need to stay full. I.e.: if you ever feel hungry you'd eat a bigger salad at your next meal.
Hi! Can you show a plant based chicken salad alternatives
Are you thinking “chicken salad” like the classic mayonnaise-based deli sandwich or a salad with faux chicken?
@@GeoffreyAlan salad with faux chicken,
@@GeoffreyAlan though honestly a deli style would be amazing as well! Your vids are my current obsession lol!
i wonder how this dressing would turn out if you used a can of chickpeas (and liquid) instead of tofu 🤓😍
I just made the green chickpea/cilantro/lime salad dressing he showed and I didn’t care for it at alllll. I don’t think I’m a fan of cilantro.
@@Mrs.Mensah0110 for some people it tastes like soap 🧼 😭. I looooooved it and my husband haaaates it haha
@@AppleyGirl5280 I could see it being an either ya hate it or ya love it kind of thing. I just ordered the yeast powder...... hoping to find a couple dressings I enjoy because I will avoid salad all together if I don’t have a dressing I love. Have you tried any of his other recipes for dressing?
I think the chickpea flavor might come through too much vs the blank canvas of tofu. That said, it’ll probably still taste good!
I've seen some versions with canellini beans
Can you please help in making a good Caesar salad and making a good Caesar salad dressing is the key ! There are so many recipes out there it’s overwhelming and most of them use raw eggs ! Yuck 🤢 Thank you for all your great recipes!
Yes! I will make a healthy Caesar salad video soon. I have one made with cashews, roasted garlic, and nutritional yeast -- it tastes pretty close to the real deal, but without the oil and eggs.
@@GeoffreyAlan Thank You So Much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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i cant see the nutrition facts at the end of the video. can anyone else?
I was wondering what to have for lunch as I was getting out of my truck. Checked my phone saw your video and watched it in the truck. Headed to the grocery store. Lunch and dinner are set!
Thank You!!
Perfect timing! Hope you enjoyed it 😄
Hi Geoffrey! Congrats on your weight loss. I love the salad recipes you put up. they aren't boring! My favorite salads are chicken caesar salad and the quesadilla salad from Chili's. Neither are very healthy. I am a type 2 diabetic and starting a weight loss journey myself. Any chance you could come up with healthy versions?
Recreating Chili's salads is an amazing idea!
I don’t like black beans but I will substitute another bean, yum!