Avocado Citrus Salad
A refreshing salad of citrus, avocado, and cilantro - make enough for a whole meal or serve as a side salad with fresh citrus vinaigrette.
Servings: 2 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups spinach (washed and torn)
- 2 cups romaine lettuce (washed and torn)
- 1 ripe avocado (peeled and diced)
- 1 blood orange (peeled)
- 1 tangerine (peeled)
- 1/4 red onion (chopped)
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
Citrus Vinaigrette
- 1 whole green onion (use both the white and green - mince)
- 1 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 3 TBS fresh squeezed blood orange juice (or any other fresh orange juice)
- 1 tsp orange zest (finely grated)
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 TBS olive oil
- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt (to taste)
- 2 turns freshly ground pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- In a large salad bowl, toss together the spinach and romaine lettuce
- Segment the blood orange (or any other kind of orange) and tangerine
- Cut the orange and tangerine segments in half, toss into the salad
- Toss in the cilantro leaves
- Sprinkle the red onion and avocado on top
- Serve with citrus vinaigrette
Citrus Vinaigrette
- In a medium bowl add the first 6 ingredients, whisk together
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Whisk just before serving
- Drizzle over salad