How To Make Citrus Avocado Salad
Try this healthy avocado salad recipe that is filled with the tartness of citrus and the refreshing taste of mint and basil!
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Salad:
- 5ozmixed greens
- 2largeruby-red grapefruitsor oranges or mangoes, peeled and chopped
- 1largeavocadoripe, peeled, pitted, and sliced
- 1handfulfresh basil leavesroughly chopped
- 1handfulfresh mint leavesroughly chopped
- ½mediumred onionthinly sliced
- ½cupalmondssliced or slivered, toasted
- sesame seedstoasted, optional topping
For Vinaigrette:
- 2tbspavocado oilor olive oil, or any other mild-flavored oil
- 1tbsplow-sodium soy sauce
- 1tbsprice vinegar
- 2tspmaple syrupor honey
- ½tspsesame oiltoasted
- ¼tspground ginger
- ¼tspgarlic powder
- sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepperto taste
Instructions
Vinaigrette:
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Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl (or shake together in a mason jar) until combined.
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Taste and add additional sweetener if desired. Use immediately or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 3 days.
Salad:
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Combine all ingredients in a large salad bowl, drizzle evenly with the vinaigrette, and toss until evenly combined.
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Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds plus an extra twist of freshly-cracked black pepper. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 359.91kcal
- Fat: 26.02g
- Saturated Fat: 2.96g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 17.00g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.63g
- Carbohydrates: 30.78g
- Fiber: 9.86g
- Sugar: 14.66g
- Protein: 7.34g
- Sodium: 710.78mg
- Calcium: 117.63mg
- Potassium: 770.76mg
- Iron: 1.92mg
- Vitamin A: 232.46µg
- Vitamin C: 59.05mg
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