399.Guacamole salad

cook to suit you

    How many times have you heard a group of people discussing recipes and each one thinks that the way he or she makes it is the correct way and the rest are wrong? I have heard this conversation umpteen of times and eventually it turns into an argument. This ingredient is not suitable with so and so, that ingredient is a no no in that recipe, etc etc. The truth is that each of us cook to suit our needs, we consider the tastes of each and every member of the family, their likes and dislikes and then accordingly prepare the dish. We come across a lot of recipes these days and the most sensible thing to do is get an idea of the ingredients and method and then add or subtract the ingredients according to your taste. This may not be true as far as certain ingredients may be concerned, e.g. you cannot bake without a baking agent if the recipe demands or do without salt, if you want all the other flavours to come out to its fullest. So when I decided to make guacamole salad I adapted it to the way hubby and I would like it. Sometimes children may not like the idea of raw onions in a salad, but you still want the flavour. The answer is simple, just mince it. The same goes with garlic, chillis, ginger etc. 
    Abundance of avocados, fresh kidney beans and lovely plum tomatoes. Putting these ingredients together resulted in a yummy delicious, filling salad. An ideal light dinner or lunch solution. I served the salad with some nachos but forgot to take a picture 🙁  The fresh beans do not appear as red as the dry ones or canned ones but they are more delicious and easy on the stomach.

GUACAMOLE SALAD WITH LIME CORIANDER DRESSING
Serves 2 as a light meal or 4 

For the salad:
1 medium avocado ( about 2 cups of avocado cubes)
1 cup cooked kidney beans
1 cup plum, cherry or grape tomatoes 

Lime coriander dressing:
2 tbsp minced onion
1 clove of garlic
¼ cup fresh chopped coriander
3 tbsp lime juice
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
¼-½ tsp minced green chilli

For the salad:

1. Cut the avocado into chunks after peeling it.
2. Add about 1 tbsp of lime juice to it to prevent it from turning dark.
3. Cut the tomatoes into halves.
4. Add beans and tomatoes to the avocado and mix gently.

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