About this recipe:
What a happy time of the year it is. There's all this amazing spring produce that looks like a color explosion after the somber winter months. This is definitely my favorite salad for this season. I really got into making salad dressing with avocado as a creamy base, try it for yourself, I think you will love it as much as I do.
Ingredients for the salad:
• Salad mix of choice, I used arugula and fava greens.
• 2 watermelon radishes, peeled and thinly sliced (use a mandoline if you have one)
• 1/2 avocado, diced
• small handful of fresh mint
• 1 blood orange, peeled and sliced in bite size bits
• handful of raw macademia nuts
• pepper & salt to taste
For the salad dressing:
• 1/2 avocado
• juice of one orange
• juice of half a small lime
• small handful of cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 inch of a jalapeno pepper, minced
• 1 spring union, chopped
• dash of olive oil
• freshly ground pepper
1. Toss all the salad greens together in a large mixing bowl.
2. Combine all the dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Season with pepper to taste.
3. Coat the salad leaves with the dressing, divide onto plates or bowls.
4. Decorate the salad with blood orange, mac nuts and avocado. Salt & pepper to taste.
Makes 2 meal salads or 4 side salads.
