This guide to ssam from @dearsaturdays is choose-your-own-adventure cooking at its best.

Start with the essentials

The lettuce: The leaves are naturally sweet, soft, and shaped like little cups — perfect for holding all the ingredients without tearing. Our Butterhead lettuce is tender, crisp and mild enough to let the fillings shine.

The protein: Go classic or keep it plant-based:

• Chadol bagi (brisket)
• Samgyupsal (pork belly)
• Galbi (short ribs)
• Sliced firm tofu
• Sauteed king oyster mushrooms.

A little char = big flavor

The toppings: Think texture, crunch and brightness:

• Rice (white, brown, or mixed grain)
• Thinly sliced scallions
• Kimchi
• Sliced pickled radishes or cucumber
• Sesame seeds

The sauce: This is where it all comes together:

• Ssamjang (Korean dipping paste)
• Sesame oil seasoned with salt

How to build your bite

Lettuce → rice → protein → toppings → sauce → fold

Eat in one or two bites – no overstuffing. The magic of ssam is balance: savory, fresh, spicy, crunchy, all in one perfect bite.

How do you build yours? Tag @gothamgreens on social media and show us your ssam style.

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Whether you’re hosting or showing up as a guest, our full lineup of dips is guaranteed to bring the party. We’ve assembled our favorite pairings for all five – but truth be told, they’d taste good with pretty much anything.  

Sure, winning the game is nice, but we consider any watch party a win when it features a strong snack spread. No matter the score, our five creamy, cashew-based dips are the ultimate way to bring bold, plant-powered flavor to your next tailgate.  

Buffalo
It’s not just for Bills fans. This plant-powered take on classic buffalo chicken dip is creamy, spicy, and dangerously scoopable. Pair it with potato chips, celery sticks, or smother it on a wrap (our Butterhead lettuce works great).

Queso
All the cheesy, melty goodness you crave, minus the cheese. Our cashew-based queso is smooth, zesty, and ready to disappear along with that entire bag of tortilla chips. (Pro tip: warm them up together and you’ve got nachos).   

Spinach Artichoke  
It’s a classic for a reason. Warm it up (or don’t) and serve alongside a sliced baguette, pretzels, and, of course, all types of veggie crudités. 

Green Goddess  
Our fresh greenhouse-grown basil makes this dip the greenest of its kind. Use it to bring crunchy veggies to a new level of fresh, brighten up roasted fingerling potatoes, or scoop it onto your big batch of tacos. 

Tzatziki  
Creamy, bright, and full of herbs – your pita chips won’t know what hit them. They’ve never experienced flavor this bold from a dairy-free dip.  

Shop our dips here. 

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Getting kids curious about food and cooking opens a world of delicious (and empowering!) experiences for little chefs.

Cooking with kids might feel like a recipe for chaos, but it’s worth every spill and splat. Getting kids curious about food and cooking isn’t just about keeping them busy—it’s about opening a world of flavors, textures, and experiences that will stick with them long after the dishes are done. Inviting your mini sous-chef into the kitchen isn’t just about making meals: It’s about making memories, broadening their tastes, and sneaking in some veggies for an easy parenting win. 

Kitchen Curiosity Matters

Kids are natural explorers and including them in meal prep gives them a front-row seat to the magic of food and makes them feel like they’ve played an important role in your “grown-up job.” Curiosity leads to confidence and, ideally, a growing appreciation for one or two new veggies. 

Hands-On Helpers Welcome

Right up there with the no-fail phenomenon of preferring to eat off your plate instead of their own, kids are far more likely to try something they’ve helped to make. Plus, every mini-chef session exposes them to new foods and flavors, building culinary confidence one (small) bite at a time. 

No Recipes Required

No long ingredient lists here … just fresh, simple inspiration for little lunches, snacks and dinners. Cooking with kids doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. Stick to easy, approachable ideas to keep kids engaged and excited about cooking and eating healthy. Carrot stick “fries” dunked in Tzatziki Dip? 100% chompable. Adding Classic Pesto to a turkey and cheese rollup? It’s easy being green. Spinach Artichoke Dip mac and cheese? Creamy, dreamy, veggie-packed goodness. 

Take it One Meal at a Time

Every session with your meal prep partner doesn’t have to be perfect, and it isn’t all or nothing. Whether you’re putting together a quick snack or tackling weeknight dinner, you’re building more than just a meal—nurturing their curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of fresh, delicious food. 

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New year, new fresh dressings. Meet the latest additions to our lineup: Avocado Lime Ranch and Italian Herb Vinaigrette.    

Avocado Lime Ranch
Made with avocado oil, this creamy dressing shines with a bright pop of lime for a fresh twist on the classic. If you’re a fan of traditional ranch, this version is a must-try.  

A few ways we are using Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing:  

• In a Southwestern-style rice bowl  
• Drizzled on our crispy green leaf lettuce  
• As an overnight marinade for chicken  
• In a 7-layer dip for the Big Game    

Italian Herb Vinaigrette
Bright, herbaceous, and perfectly balanced, our Italian Herb Vinaigrette is packed with our own greenhouse-grown basil, rosemary, and parsley and rounded out with roasted garlic and lemon.  

A few ways we’re using Italian Herb Vinaigrette:  

• In a pasta salad with olives and artichokes  
• Tossed with Gotham Greens Gourmet Spring Mix  
• Drizzled on roasted vegetables for a bright glaze  
• As a spread on an Italian sub sandwich  

To find our newest dressings near you, check out your local Whole Foods Market today!

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Our Green Goddess Salad Kit is already fresh and delicious, but we’re adding shaved brussels sprouts, pomegranate, and parmesan cheese to take it to a next-level holiday side salad. This no-cooking-required recipe comes together in minutes.

Ingredients:  

• 1 Gotham Greens Green Goddess Salad Kit container 
• ¼ pound brussels sprouts, thinly sliced (about 1-½ cups thinly sliced brussels sprouts) 
• Arils from ½ pomegranate, or 1 cup  
• ¼ cup shaved parmesan cheese 
• 1 bottle Gotham Greens Green Goddess Dressing  

Directions:  

1. To slice brussels sprouts, you can slice by hand or shorten your prep time by using the disc blade attachment for your food processor. 
2. In a large serving bowl, combine the crispy green leaf lettuce (tearing into bite-sized pieces) and toppings from the salad kit. Top with shredded brussels sprouts, pomegranate seeds and parmesan cheese. Drizzle with our Green Goddess Dressing. If you prefer a well-dressed salad, pick up a bottle of our Green Goddess Dressing to enhance the salad kit contents.

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Halloween just got more green: Transform your little one into the cutest veggie in the garden with this DIY Baby Butterhead Lettuce costume.

We’ve teamed up with Primary Clothing to create an adorable costume that’s sure to “leaf” a lasting impression and remind us all how important it is to eat—and wear—our veggies. 

Why Go Green?
Just as getting kids curious about cooking opens a world of delicious experiences, dressing them as their favorite foods can cultivate a lifelong love for all things green. This costume isn’t just about looking cute (though it has that covered). It’s about planting seeds of food curiosity in a fun, creative way. 

A Recipe for Cuteness
Creating this costume is easier than you might think—no green thumb or expert crafting skills required! Here’s what you’ll need: 

Materials 

• One green baby outfit 

• Light green felt 

• Green pipe cleaners 

• Hook and Loop Fastener or VELCRO ®
   

Tools 

• Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks 

• Scissors
   

Instructions 

1. Create the hood
Use an existing hood from a hoodie to trace the pattern onto green felt.  Cut about ½” from the traced edge. Glue the hood together along the seam line.

2. Create the leaves
Cut wide bibb lettuce leaf shapes from green felt. Glue pipe cleaner veins to each leaf. This will also help to give the leaves structure and shape. Curl the ends of each leaf gently by bending the pipe cleaners.

3. Assemble the costume
Hot glue the leaves layered over each other and connected to each other, starting on the hood, and cascading down the shoulders, back, and chest. Leave an opening in the front, essentially making a hooded cape of leaves. The front leaves should layer over each other a bit when worn. Hot glue a hook and loop fastener just under the front of the hood to hold the costume closed. 

Wearing Green Today, Eating Green Tomorrow
While it might just be a cute Halloween costume now, every positive exposure we offer kids to fresh, healthy food works to make a lifelong impression. Their plant palette will grow the more they see, touch, and munch! Plus, the memories last forever: No one ever forgets the year you dressed up your child as a head of lettuce.  

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A guide to sneaking in more greens to every bite.

As the school year approaches, we’re busy gathering new lunch ideas for our little ones. The challenging part? Making sure they are getting enough veggies – and we’re talking without a *full temper tantrum*. We gathered advice from a few experts (Gotham Greens parents) on how to sneak in more greens while keeping meals delicious and enjoyable.

First impressions matter! If you’re meal prepping for a kiddo, you’ll want to maintain a delicious-looking lunch without scaring them away with a sea of green. Our leafy greens, dips and sauces offer yummy ways to incorporate nutrient-dense greens into their favorite snacks, sandwiches, pastas and more. To make mealtime even more exciting, use a cookie cutter to create fun shapes. 

“My 6-year-old refuses to eat his pesto egg bites unless I cut them into airplane shapes.” 

Pesto, pesto, and more pesto. Pesto cooking sauces are one of our favorite ways to sneak in greens because they are incredibly adaptable. 

Does your child go crazy for mac and cheese? Just add a spoonful of pesto, and the veggies will blend right in. Gotham Greens Pesto is made with greenhouse-grown basil and simple ingredients, so you can feel good about adding heaps to any pasta dish, egg bites, or quesadillas. 

 “My 5-year-old loves green pasta. For our 5-minute version, we simply toss pasta with Gotham Greens Classic Pesto. If we have more time, we’ll blend up handfuls of spinach and mix in.” 

Switch up your dips. With a creamy base, plant-based dips are naturally mess-free and pair perfectly with healthy fresh cut veggies like carrots and celery. Gotham Greens Dips are the ideal side dipper since they’re each packed with plants. You can even cook with dips!  

“My child is obsessed with Gotham Greens Spinach Artichoke Dip. We recently followed this recipe for Spinach Artichoke Dip Mac and Cheese and it was a hit!” 

Add a lettuce layer. Whether you’re preparing a turkey sandwich or veggie cream cheese pinwheels, add a leaf or two of our Butterhead lettuce. It adds a delicate crunch and won’t overwhelm the other ingredients.   

“My daughter is picky about lettuce but actually loves Gotham Greens Butterhead – it’s much softer and easier to shred than traditional iceberg.” 

 Keep it organized. We know some kids don’t love when different foods are touching. To avoid a meltdown at mealtime, we use Lalo’s new Bento Boxes, which come with several compartments. Bonus: they’re spillproof, easy to clean, and come in a handful of fun colors! 

“I have raw vegetables prepped for a snack when the kids get home from school and are ravenous. This way we get a few vegetable portions in before they’ve even had dinner. Come dinnertime, we stress less if they decide that they won’t eat something because it’s touching other food on their plates.” 

Ensuring your little one gets enough fresh greens can be tough. Try out these tips from you’ll be surprised how easy it is to sneak in nutritious greens, and how delicious the recipes are, too! 

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Summer is here and we’re already firing up the grill. These light and bright shrimp lettuce wraps are loaded with grilled corn, cherry tomatoes and topped with our very own Lemon Basil Vinaigrette — making them the perfect combination.

You’ll Need: 

• 1 lb uncooked shrimp, cleaned with tail on 
• 3-4 Tablespoons Gotham Greens Classic Pesto Sauce 
• 2 ears of corn, husks removed 
• 1 avocado, chopped 
• 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered 
• 1/4 red onion, chopped 
• 3-4 Tablespoons Gotham Greens Lemon Basil Vinaigrette 
• 8-10 Gotham Greens Butterhead Lettuce leaves 
• Gotham Greens Basil, to garnish 
• Salt and black pepper, to taste 
• Wooden skewers

How to Make It: 

1. Combine shrimp with Gotham Greens Classic Pesto and marinate in a bowl for 30 minutes.  
2. Soak wooden skewers in water for at least 20 minutes. Thread shrimp onto skewers.  
3. Pre-heat grill. Spray grates lightly with oil.  
4. Place shrimp on hot grill and cook until shrimp turns pink, about 3-4 minutes. Flip, and continue cooking until shrimp is opaque and cooked through, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from grill. 
5. While the grill is still hot, place 2 ears of corn on the grill and cook for about 10 minutes, turning every couple of minutes until charred and the kernels are tender.  
6. Cut the corn off the cob and add to a large bowl with the avocado, cherry tomatoes, red onion, Gotham Greens Lemon Basil Vinaigrette, salt and pepper. Toss to coat.  
7. Assemble lettuce wraps by spooning corn salad on a Gotham Greens Butterhead lettuce leaf and topping with the grilled shrimp. Drizzle with additional Lemon Basil Vinaigrette and garnish with fresh Gotham Greens Basil to serve. 

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You may know we’re an indoor farming and fresh food brand, but did you know that our passion for safeguarding our natural resources informs every decision we make?

At Gotham Greens, we strive to do more with less. It’s all rooted in our love for the planet and our belief that we can farm more thoughtfully. Let’s dive into four ways we are growing greens, in greener ways.

We grow our greens using less water. 

We believe in being good stewards of water – one of our most precious resources. We’re proud to grow our greens using up to 90% less water than traditional, open-field farms. This is equivalent to saving over 450 million gallons of water annually – that’s equal to more than 680 Olympic-sized swimming pools! 70% of global freshwater withdrawals are used for agriculture, which takes a massive toll on Earth’s natural resources. Using water thoughtfully means caring for and protecting our local water systems, and in turn providing more clean water for those who need it. 

And the water we do use? We recycle.

Our greenhouses use hydroponic growing methods without soil, and the water we use is constantly being filtered and recycled back to feed the plants. Food systems are the largest consumer of land and fresh water on the planet, and the leading cause of global water pollution. We designed our farms to keep water recirculating indoors — and out of local rivers, streams and lakes. 

We grow using less land.

Did you know that half of the world’s habitable (ice- and desert-free) land is used for agriculture? It’s true — and contributes to pollution of groundwater and land. We use advanced greenhouse technology and automation to grow much more, with much less space. At Gotham Greens, we use up to 97% less land than traditional farming. That’s around 30 times more lettuce per acre of land!  

And the land we do use? It’s closer to you. 

To reduce emissions related to food production, we must move production closer to consumers, increase yields, decrease food waste, improve farming practices, and shift to a plant-rich diet. We believe that greenhouse farming technology is a solution that addresses many of the issues caused by traditional agriculture. We also build our greenhouses closer to you — meaning our products don’t have to travel as far. Less miles traveled means keeping less trucks on the road, and less transportation pollution. 

So, what does this mean for you? When you buy a package of lettuce at your local store, you’re not just eating more greens. You’re supporting our vision for a more sustainable future. 

What’s your favorite benefit of sustainable indoor farming? Write to us at info@gothamgreens.com explaining why, and we’ll send you back a special surprise. 

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ICYMI— we are Green Goddess obsessed (so much so, that FOUR of our products are dedicated to this herby sauce). So, what makes Gotham Greens different? Our very own greenhouse-grown basil goes into every single recipe, giving the perfect bright basil flavor you crave. Here are five ways you can enjoy Green Goddess.

Gotham Greens Green Goddess Dressing

Our fan-favorite dressing is packed with basil, garlic, scallion and lemon to create a bright, vibrant, herby sauce. We aren’t exaggerating when we say we pour this on everything — salads, meat, veggies, burritos, grain bowls – even fries! One taste and you’ll fall in love, too. 

Gotham Greens Vegan Goddess Dressing

The same delicious dressing, available in a dairy-free version. We love using this option for our veggie-packed salads, pasta salads, and crudité platter with fresh veggies and pita. It’s perfect as a marinade or to top on fish, too! 

Gotham Greens Green Goddess Salad Kit

Can’t get enough of our dressing, but short on time? Our new salad kit comes with — you guessed it — our very own Green Goddess Dressing plus our sustainably grown green leaf lettuce, roasted pepitas, dried cranberries & crispy puffed quinoa. Just toss and enjoy. Herb lovers, this one’s for you. 

Gotham Greens Green Goddess Dip

We had been using our dressings as a dip for years, so we decided it was finally time to craft a true, creamy dip recipe. Best part? It’s fully plant-based, so you can enjoy the entire container yourself. Pair with pita chips or crackers for the ultimate bite.

Homemade Green Goddess with Gotham Greens Basil

Looking for ways to use up the extra herbs in your kitchen? The magic of homemade dressing is that you can make it whatever you want it to be! Simply combine our fresh, locally grown basil with your favorite herbs, such as parsley, chives, tarragon and dill. Add some garlic, EVOO, lemon juice, salt and pepper. For an extra creamy dressing, add mayo and sour cream, or swap in plain Greek yogurt. 

What’s your favorite way to enjoy green goddess? Let us know (and include a photo of your creation!) for a chance to be featured on our social media. Follow along at @gothamgreens!

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