Avocado Citrus Salad is a light, refreshing salad with avocado, grapefruit and oranges. I then toss in a homemade poppyseed dressing.
Avocado Citrus Salad is a recipe I make countless times throughout the summer. Delightfully refreshing this salad combines crisp garden greens with tangy orange and grapefruit. I topped this salad with creamy avocado and crunchy almonds. The dressing is a very tasty poppyseed vinaigrette. This exceptional salad is great served with grilled chicken, beef or fish. Adding shrimp to this salad also makes for a tasty lunch!
I love tossing nuts into salad, they add great flavour and a nice crunch. For Avocado Citrus Salad I used toasted slivered almonds , but cashews, pine nuts or even pistachios would go nicely as well.
Avocado Citrus Salad
This recipe for Avocado Citrus Salad is so light and refreshing with avocado, grapefruit, oranges tossed in a homemade poppyseed dressing.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 330kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups salad greens
- 2 medium grapefruit peeled and sectioned
- 3 navel oranges peeled and sectioned
- 1 ripe avocado peeled and sectioned
- 1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds
- for dressing
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tsp poppy seeds
- 2 tsp finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1/2 tsp koscher salt
Instructions
- Tear greens into bite sized pieces
- Cut grapefruit, oranges and avocado into bite sized pieces. Add to greens.
- To prepare poppyseed dressing, add all ingredients together in jar, cover and shake well to combine.
- Toss dressing into salad. Sprinkle with toasted almonds
Nutrition
Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 208mg | Potassium: 501mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 33.2% | Vitamin C: 97.7% | Calcium: 8.3% | Iron: 5.3%
Refreshing Poppyseed dressing really adds sensational flavour to this salad. Try it on any type of tossed salad.
Citrus and avocado is an exceptional flavour combination!
Toss the greens, grapefruit, oranges, avocado and almonds. Shake dressing well and drizzle over salad to coat.
Another terrific summer salad to try is my Cucumber Watermelon Salad.
Mythreyi says
April 29, 2012 at 2:21 amThe Salad looks fantastic Laureen!
-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!
Laureen says
April 29, 2012 at 2:28 amThanks Mythreyi, I started following your blog YUM!!
John says
August 23, 2012 at 6:01 amHi Laureen my gf from Canada loves your blog and sends me links to these delicious looking dishes almost everyday. Just to let you know that you have a secret fan out there haha… Keep up the good work! By the way, she seems to be interested in learning how to cook, and yet doesn’t do much of cooking on her own. Any tips on how to get her to actually start cooking at home so that I can enjoy some of these recipes?
Laureen says
August 23, 2012 at 1:50 pmHi John,
You comments made me smile this morning. thanks. I am glad you enjoy the recipes. Interesting question about how to encourage your GF to cook. Here are a few of my thoughts.
– find a recipe that you would love to have her try, then go buy all the ingredients for her. I love when my husband or son say “would you make this for me”. I really dislike having to think of what to cook.
– make sure she has the right tools for the job. I went for years getting by with inadequate cooking utensils, pots,knifes, mixer etc. When I get some new kitchen gadget I feel recharged. (winner’s (TJ Max) you can usually get a good deal on things.
-subscribe to a cooking magazine for her.
-lastly, buy her flowers, never criticize her efforts, and if something she makes tastes inedible (and she admits this) dump it in the garbage and take her out.
motherrimmy says
December 29, 2012 at 3:03 pmThis salad looks so refreshing after all the holiday food. I can’t wait to try that dressing! Happy New Year!
Laureen King says
December 29, 2012 at 4:26 pmThanks Mother Rimmy, for the poppy seed dressing you can also use a packet of Stevia instead of the sugar!
Anonymous says
January 4, 2013 at 5:10 amThis looks so yummy!! Could you substitute the grapefruit or leave it out entirely?
Laureen King says
January 4, 2013 at 6:23 amThis salad will taste great even without the grapefruit. You could substitute fresh mango slices or strawberries.