SUMMER AVOCADO SALAD & CREAMY LEMON DRESSING
Summer Avocado Salad is an easy, healthy, filling, nutritious salad. With two summer fruits, avocado and juicy fresh tomatoes, I like to enjoy this salad as a light meal. I add some roasted nuts and seeds and in no time a delicious summery salad is ready.
Ingredients
FOR THE SALAD
- 2 small avocados
- 12 baby tomatoes
- handful salad leaves
- ¼ cup onion chopped
- ¼ cup olives
- ¼ cup walnuts or any nuts roasted
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds roasted
FOR THE CREAMY LEMON DRESSING
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp honey/maple syrup
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley finely chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper powder
Instructions
ROAST/TOAST THE SEEDS AND NUTS
- Roast the nuts you use in a pan over low heat. Or in the microwave oven for 2-3 minutes. Alternately, roast them in a preheated oven for 5 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Roast the seeds in a pan over low heat, stirring all the time. Usually takes about 3-5 minutes depending on the seeds you use. Alternately toast them in the microwave oven for 1-2 minutes.
PREPARE THE CREAMY LEMON DRESSING
- Add all the dressing ingredients in a bowl or a jar.
- Whisk it well if you've added them to a bowl.
- If you're using a jar, close the jar lid tightly and then give it a good shake.
PREPARE THE SUMMER AVOCADO SALAD
- Wash and pat dry the salad leaves.
- Layer them on a serving plate.
- Cut the avocados into halves. Remove the stone/seed.
- Using a knife make lines to cut the avocados into cubes. Or remove the peel and cut into slices.
- Add it to the salad leaves.
- Cut the baby tomatoes into halves. Add to the avocados.
- Peel and chop the onion into slices or finely.
- Add the olives either whole or sliced.
- Add the roasted nuts and seeds.
- Add the creamy lemon dressing and serve.
Notes
- Add nuts of your choice. Walnuts, almonds, cashew nuts, pecans, etc. Or use a mixture of nuts.
- Add seeds of your choice.
- Use fresh herb of your choice like cilantro, mint, basil, oregano, thyme, etc.
- If you don't have baby tomatoes, then use regular tomatoes. Cut them into bite size pieces.