How To Make Pomegranate, Pear and Avocado Salad
This sweet avocado salad gets a hint of sourness from the pomegranates and the neutral flavor of the pear provides a nice backdrop for these two flavors.
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 15 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Salad:
- 1headRomaine lettuce
- 1pear,cored and diced
- 1avocado,peeled, pitted and diced
- ⅔cuppistachios,shelled
- ⅔cupgoat cheese,crumbled
- ½cupred onion,diced
- 1cuppomegranate arils
For Citrus Vinaigrette:
- ⅓cuporange juice,freshly squeezed, if possible
- ¼cupwhite balsamic vinegar
- 1tbsphoney
- ½tspkosher salt
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper
- ⅓cupolive oil
Instructions
Salad:
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Add all ingredients together in a large bowl and drizzle on the dressing. Toss until combined. Serve immediately.
Vinaigrette:
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Whisk all ingredients together for 30 seconds until combined.
Recipe Notes
To prevent the diced avocado from browning while sitting out, toss it beforehand in a few tablespoons of lime or lemon juice.
Nutrition
- Calories: 380.57kcal
- Fat: 28.07g
- Saturated Fat: 6.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 16.33g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.08g
- Carbohydrates: 27.64g
- Fiber: 8.25g
- Sugar: 15.69g
- Protein: 9.34g
- Cholesterol: 9.20mg
- Sodium: 264.10mg
- Calcium: 94.80mg
- Potassium: 732.12mg
- Iron: 2.48mg
- Vitamin A: 519.42µg
- Vitamin C: 20.48mg
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