easy grapefruit salad

Spokane, WA
Updated on Mar 21, 2025

My aunt loved this recipe on warm summer days and said, "With the already-prepared grapefruit sections, this salad can be fixed in a snap." She passed away, but her recipes keep her active in my heart.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

A refreshing salad that tastes like summer! This grapefruit salad combines creamy avocado, tart grapefruit, and red onions with a little bite. Blue cheese crumbles add more flavor. What brings the salad together is the slightly sweet and tangy homemade dressing. Enjoy this salad all summer long alongside grilled fish, steak, or chicken.

prep time 15 Min
cook time
method No-Cook or Other
yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • DRESSING
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  • - granulated sugar, to taste
  • - garlic powder, to taste
  • SALAD
  • 1 small sweet red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 medium avocado
  • 6 cups iceberg and romaine lettuce leaves, torn
  • 1 jar red grapefruit sections
  • 1 1/3 cups Roquefort cheese crumbles or any blue cheese

How To Make easy grapefruit salad

  • Mix the dressing ingredients.
    Step 1
    Mix the dressing ingredients.
  • Thinly slice the onion and avocado.
    Step 2
    Thinly slice the onion and avocado.
  • Arrange lettuce and grapefruit slices on a plate.
    Step 3
    On 6 salad plates, arrange lettuce pieces. Top with drained grapefruit sections.
  • Add avocado and onion.
    Step 4
    Add the desired amount of avocado and onion slices.
  • Top with blue cheese.
    Step 5
    Top with cheese.
  • Drizzle dressing.
    Step 6
    Drizzle dressing over salad and serve.

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