Crunchy Spring Iceberg Salad Recipe (2024)

Oh definitely you can substitute instead of cilantro you can use dill or parsley or both.I sometimes will use a recipe that sounds good and add/subtract ingredients. I can't handle anything spicy so I will swap out the jalapenos to mild green chiles. If you don't like an ingredient subs for something you like Ü

Made this for dinner. Exactly as written. Delicious. Don’t be shy with with the dressing. One large jalapeño added the perfect amount of zing.

I don't like cilantro either. I'm tempted to try a mix of parsley and chives, but I imagine dill would work. I'm trying to gauge how either would go with the herbiness of asparagus and the sweetness of the peas as well as the salty goodness of the feta. I think dill would work pretty well. Good call.

This salad is pretty good but for me, the dressing was a bit bland. I will definitely make again and increase cilantro, jalapeños, lemon, salt. Take it from me and dry the lettuce thoroughly or it can all end up a bit watery. Wondering if romaine would be good here…

This was a great, quick salad. I didn't have frozen peas and decided not to cook the asparagus—I like it to eat it fresh anyway. The dressing was great. Loved!

Sadly, I only had sour cream rather than yogurt and I had romaine rather than iceberg. But my garden had just produced asparagus and snap peas. This was just amazing with the fresh veggies. Great recipe and I paired it with brown sugar mustard glazed salmon. Yum.

I made this salad exactly as the recipe directed. So good, so easy! The dressing is amazing. We are adding this recipe to our "YUM" list. I served it with spatchco*ck chicken and cornbread. One minor thing I will do next time is chill the peas and asparagus after blanching them to make the salad even more refreshing.

This is so tasty and springy. Prepped the lettuce, veggies, and dressing for this salad to facilitate easy post-work dinners this week. While the salad was delicious on day 1, it was GREAT on day 2. Having all the ingredients crisp, dry and fridge-cold (lettuce and veggies) made this an incredibly refreshing, spicy and exciting side dish on an otherwise blah Tuesday. I used lime juice and added more than the prescribed 1/2 lime’s worth of juice to the dressing, plus an additional squeeze on top.

I don't like cilantro. I love dill. Would dill work as a substitute? Not sure about dill & chiles.

Trader Joe's makes zhoug sauce - basically, all the dressing ingredients except the yogurt. It's a great shortcut and so delicious with yogurt.

This was incredibly tasty, but also strong, so it's best as a small side or starter. We don't like raw garlic, so we just did a few sprinkles of garlic powder in the processor and it was still great but without the aftertaste. We have leftover dressing and I think it will make a great crudite dip.

Farmer's market substitutions and picky eater omissions and salad was still delicious. I had beautiful crisp farmer's market romaine and parsley so I substituted these for the iceberg and cilantro. Local fresh asparagus but my husband doesn't love them so I ate the pan myself saying too bad for the salad. He won't eat peas so left them out also. Used fresh local goat cheese. The salad dressing is wonderful. I used one hot serrano pepper- made me cough while cutting it- and it was just right.

subbed mint for cilantro and grilled the asparagus and loved every bite

This has become an instant family favorite! Highly recommended and I wouldn't change a thing - but I like to chop up hearts of Romaine instead of using the ice berg lettuce. Just a preference!

Delicious! Made as written, but blanched the asparagus and peas separately because I preferred to cook the peas for about 30 seconds and the asparagus longer. Served with grilled skirt steak rubbed with fajita seasoning and chimchurri, and family dipped the steak in the salad dressing.

loved this! didn't use feta on top. used labne instead of greek yogurt. this makes way more than 4 servings - more like 10. (I did weigh my lettuce and it was 1.5 lbs. as in the recipe.) was popular at a potluck.

Excellent salad. The sweet vegetables perfectly balance the spicy dressing. Crunchy iceberg is the way to go. I used 1 jalapeño.

That dressing was magical - made this salad with grilled salmon, dressing was so great on both. Will be making this again and again! Next time I might add some preserved chopped lemon .

How about tips for making iceberg lettuce cold and very crisp.

Are the asparagus raw or cooked?

Made this tasty salad for an Easter gathering - great spring flavors. Added pistachios & can’t imagine the salad without that touch.

Delicious dressing and will use this recipe for other salads. With a little more zip (seasoning), I'll also use it with a roasted or grilled fish. I would double the feta in the salad next time, or add an extra sharp cheddar, cut and broken into small chunks.

Delicious; substituted yellow and red peppers for jalapeños or serrano chiles since we don't like hot foods; yes, make extra dressing, which is delicious on fish also.

Excellent zesty summer salad. I used lime and the Serrano pepper. I removed most of the pepper seeds. Next time I will remove all seeds. :-)Veggies allowed to cool well ahead of serving. This ensured a nice crispy salad. Served with roasted buttermilk chicken and corn on the cob.Out of preference, did not add feta.This salad will be a regular at our house this summer.

I used about 3/4 cup of cilantro and that was plenty. Next time I will try dill. The dressing has a good zing. One jalapeños was enough. Good, easy, light salad.

Added English cucumber. Used both jalapeños and the juice of a whole lemon. Also used half the iceberg. Really really good! Not sure how anyone could call this bland! We loved it!

I always get scared making salads but this was really wonderful! I would definitely use two jalapeños in this one. Very good fresh and light recipe.