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Spiralized Zucchini Salad with Feta and Lemon Garlic Dressing

This Spiralized Carrot Zucchini Salad with Feta and toasted sunflower seeds is tossed in a light and flavorful Lemon Garlic Dressing. This salad is quick and easy to make, vegetarian, delicious, and a great alternative to leafy salads.

spiralized carrot zucchini salad with feta

Related recipe: Zucchini Carpaccio

A few days ago I posted a similar Spiralized Zucchini Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing, so I wanted to post another variation of this spiralized zucchini carrot salad that is perfect for a healthy side dish in the summer.

This salad is made with feta cheese, toasted sunflower seeds, and a simple, light, flavorful lemon garlic dressing. It's super easy to make and it tastes delicious, as far as salads go. The creamy salty feta cheese is perfect with the garlicky lemony dressing. The dressing is made in just a few minutes in a small bowl. It really couldn't be easier.

spiralized carrot zucchini salad with feta

This carrot zucchini salad is a great way to eat lots of fresh raw veggies but without having to eat boring leafy salads. It makes a great side dish or appetizer for chicken and pasta recipes, such as these:

If you like spiralizing vegetables, you must also check out this same salad with the Sesame Ginger Dressing. You can also prepare both salad dressings and have a little salad bar type of situation - let your family or guests pick their toppings and dressing:

spiralized salad bar - zucchini, carrots, squash, and salad dressings

Related recipe: Zucchini Fritters

Spiralizing Vegetables

If you want to read alllll about spiralizing, julienning, or shaving vegetables into ribbons, click on over to the other spiralized salad recipe: Zucchini Carrot Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing. I talk all about the differences between these different cutting techniques. Did you know that "julienned" vegetables have very specific length, width, and thickness dimensions?? Yea, I didn't either.

The only thing I'll mention here are my favorite tools for spiralizing and julienning vegetables, so you can easily make delicious noodly crunchy salads:

This julienne peeler from Oxo is my favorite little tool to make spiralized / julienned vegetables when I am not making a huge amount (such as for this recipe). This peeler comes with a vegetable peeler, which is great for making shaved vegetable ribbons:

This spiralizer tool is good for making larger amounts of spiralized vegetables. The only downside is a bit more clean up and it takes up some room in your kitchen. Up to you which one you think you need!
 
Just make sure to always wear cut-proof gloves when using any spiralizer, julienne peeler, or a mandolin. I've had too many cuts to go without gloves!

A few tips to make the best spiralized zucchini salad:

  • You can use a combination of zucchini and yellow squash, or just use one of them. Don't skip the carrots, they add a nice crunch.
  • You can spiralize the vegetables and prepare the dressings a day in advance. But don't mix the two together until you are ready to serve! The vegetables release a lot of juice when combined with the dressing, and they lose their crispness.
  • Take a minute to toast the sunflower seeds  to really bring out their flavor!
  • Use fresh ingredients for the dressings! Fresh lemon juice has more flavor compared to the bottled stuff. Freshly minced garlic and gives the dressing a nice kick and tastes so much better than dried powdered garlic. It's super easy to squeeze fresh lemon juice and spend a minute to press the garlic if you've got a few simple tools, such as this citrus squeezer and this garlic press.

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5 from 17 votes

Spiralized Carrot Zucchini Salad with Feta

Spiralized zucchini, yellow squash, and carrots salad with feta cheese and a light zesty Lemon Garlic Dressing.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Author: Kate
Cost: $5

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow squash - (small, about 6-7 inches)
  • 1 zucchini - (small, about 6-7 inches)
  • 1 carrot - (medium)
  • 2 oz feta cheese - (about ¼ cup)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves - , finely diced
Lemon Garlic Dressing
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice - (from ½ lemon)
  • 1 garlic clove - , minced
  • 1 teaspoon sugar or honey - (optional, skip for a low carb version)
  • Salt & pepper - , to taste (about ⅛ teaspoon each)
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds - , toasted (optional)

Instructions

  • Spiralize or julienne all the vegetables. Or cut them into ribbons with a vegetable peeler.
  • Combine all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and stir with a fork. Pour the dressing over the salad. Add the feta cheese and fresh parsley, and mix well. Serve immediately.

Notes

This salad is best served immediately after adding the dressing, otherwise the spiralized vegetables release too much liquid and are less crisp. If you don't want leftovers, just dress as much spiralized veggies as you plan on eating, and store the rest of the dressing and veggies in the fridge separately until ready to eat.

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Nutrition

Calories: 108kcal (5%) | Carbohydrates: 6g (2%) | Protein: 4g (8%) | Fat: 8g (12%) | Saturated Fat: 3g (15%) | Cholesterol: 13mg (4%) | Sodium: 175mg (7%) | Potassium: 332mg (9%) | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 4g (4%) | Vitamin A: 2970IU (59%) | Vitamin C: 22.4mg (27%) | Calcium: 93mg (9%) | Iron: 0.7mg (4%)

The nutritional information displayed is an estimate and not to be used as dietary or nutritional advice. Consult a nutritionist or dietician for nutritional info based on the exact ingredients you use.

 

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CJ Winick

Thursday 1st of July 2021

The recipe = all the vegetables?? There is only 1 vegetable a Carrot and 2 fruit (yellow squash and zucchini).

What do you do with the Fruit??

Kate

Friday 2nd of July 2021

Had to google this one... I guess zucchini and squash are technically fruits! I'm sure people will know what to do... Make sure to spiralize the fruit too, CJ ;)

Matt @ Total Feasts

Wednesday 3rd of July 2019

Ik, honestly I didn’t know there was a specific requirement for julienned vegetables either. I just assumed the it was the setting on my mandolin! I love the salad Kate, colourful and clearly good flavour. Would be perfect at a summer BBQ. Can’t wait to try!

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