This recipe for Avocado Citrus Salad is so light and refreshing with avocado, grapefruit, oranges tossed in a homemade poppyseed dressing.
Avocado Citrus Salad is one of my all-time favourite summer salad recipes that I make countless times throughout the summer. Delightfully refreshing combining crisp garden salad greens with the tangy flavour of orange and grapefruit. Top it off with creamy avocado and crunchy almonds, tossed with a light poppyseed dressing. An exceptional salad to serve with grilled chicken, beef or fish for dinner or add chilled shrimp for tasty, healthy 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.
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: 4
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
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 refreshing salad to try is my Cucumber Watermelon Salad.
The Salad looks fantastic Laureen!
-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!
Thanks Mythreyi, I started following your blog YUM!!
Hi 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?
Hi 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.
This salad looks so refreshing after all the holiday food. I can’t wait to try that dressing! Happy New Year!
Thanks Mother Rimmy, for the poppy seed dressing you can also use a packet of Stevia instead of the sugar!
This looks so yummy!! Could you substitute the grapefruit or leave it out entirely?
This salad will taste great even without the grapefruit. You could substitute fresh mango slices or strawberries.