My grandpa instilled in us a love for avocados… to him, a salad with dinner would mean slicing a few “rajas” of avocado on the side. His favorite was rice and corn with ketchup and avocado. I know it sounds “kookie”, but you need to try it.
But the love for avocados comes from both sides of the family because once, while visiting my aunt and uncle in Miami, I had to buy a new suitcase to be able to travel with the 5 huge avocados my uncle bought for me to bring back home.
And as much as we love avocados, we don’t have a lot of family recipes using avocados. We just love them so; we do not see them as an ingredient in a recipe. They’re the exclamation point to any dish they’re added to!!! A few slices or wedges of avocado on the side of anything make the meal better. A soup??? Drop a few pieces of avocado inside to make it sing… A sandwich?? Slice a few avocados to make it creamier…
Lately I am training for a ½ marathon and I am trying to eat better and leaner. I am eating more salads, which I like, but I am particularly lazy to make them at home often. I’ve found the best way to fall in love with a salad is to make a killer dressing. Fall in love with a dressing and you’ll fall in love with the salad underneath.
And because I want you to love avocados as much as I do… I want to present to you a very easy avocado based dressing that’s much a dressing as a salsa to brighten other dishes too.
CHOPPED AVOCADO SALAD DRESSING
½ large avocado, cut into little pieces 1 small tomato, diced finely ½ small white onion, diced finely ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive oil 2 tbs Rice Vinegar The juice of 1 small lime ½ tbs kosher salt 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and allow the mixture to meld and combine a few minutes before serving over your favorite salad.
Because the dressing includes avocados, tomatoes and onions, it’s great for a simple lettuce-only salad. You don’t need anything else IMHO. But this dressing also works as a topping for tacos, for burritos, for enchiladas… or as a sauce in sandwiches.
If you want more recipes using Avocados from Mexico, visit this link here. And if you live in the US, check out the coupons for Avocados clicking right here.
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i used to hate avocados. like your family, we used to eat them with every meal. on the side with every dish and with all salads. until recently, i was only able to really enjoy them other than as guac. I can finally enjoy them in turkey sandwiches, salads and even as slices with olive and vinegar. Nice salad dressing.
Me encanta!!! Es como un tipo de pico de gallo!!! Aveces lo vario y le pongo maiz, frijoles negros y jalapeño!!!