Growing up, we were accustomed with salads that were pretty common in the boring department: cucumber, tomato and red onion with a dash of salt and pepper. The thought of throwing in a bunch of fruits, just didn’t occur.
And then, we moved to the States where salads are gobbled as main course. Cue “mind boggled”.
While there’s nothing wrong with only cucumber, tomato and onion salad — its pretty exciting to experiment with unknown combination of ingredients for a refreshing plate of colorful salad.
Though admittedly, I wouldn’t dare to convince my dad with this salad.
The Husband on the other hand admits there’s something magical about grapefruit and avocado salad. In that case, I better get off the computer to experiment more beyond cucumber, tomato and onions!
Makes 2 large servings
Ingredients:
- 2 medium grapefruits
- 2 avocados
Zesty shallot dressing:
- 1 small shallot, minced
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp grapefruit juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
optional garnish: mint leaves and edible flowers
Directions:
- Add all ingredients for dressing into a small mason jar. Shake until everything combines.
- In a large salad bowl, segment grapefruits and avocados.
- Add enough dressing to the bowl and gently toss to combine. Serve immediately.
What salads were you accustomed too, growing up?
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I agree, I had hard time ordering salad as entree when I first moved to the States. Love the refreshing dressing. AND that photo in white background is stunning!
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Bellissima e buonissima quest’insalata!!!
Fresh, healthy and refined. A lovely salad and great combination.
Cheers.
Rosa
In my family the word salad was only associated to lettuce and tomatoes. I also like that I can now experiment with many fresh ingredients. Never tried avocado + grapefruit, sounds so refreshing. A combination to try.
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growing up we ate a lot of raitas or the maharashtrian cucumber koshimbir with cucumber, green chillies and peanut powder. Salads are my new found love since I moved to the US too.
Love the simplicity of this salad.
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Colorful salad and I bet it tasted refreshing!!
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Simplicity at its best!
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Such a beautiful salad… pinning it for summer!
Kiran – I am intrigued – I haven’t ever had grapefruit and avocados before! Growing up salads were a side for me too – but veggie curries were PLENTIFUL!
I am discovering salads ever since I came to US.They take their salads so seriously and some of them are so delicious.
I love how you combined creamy avocado and citrus- clever and beautiful!
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One of my very favorite combinations! I love the creaminess of avocado with the juicy, tart grapefruit slices.
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This salad looks so pretty and refreshing! I have a grapefruit every morning and can never get enough avocado so I’m loving this idea to combine the two 🙂 The shallot dressing sounds fantastic!
Love the colour combination and flavour characteristic on this one, I never had imagined combining this together but now it makes sense. I would definitely make this someday
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