southwest salad with avocado dressing

Name: Southwest Salad with Avocado Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southwestern
Ingredients: ## SALAD:; 2 - heads bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried; 4 medium red vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges; 2 medium yellow vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges; 1/2 large red onion, thinly sliced; ## DRESSING:; 2 - ripe avocados; 1 - lemon, juice of; 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped; 3 tablespoon(s) chopped red onion; 2 tablespoon(s) fresh cilantro leaves; 1 teaspoon(s) coarse salt; 3 tablespoon(s) water; 3 tablespoon(s) extra-virgin olive oil

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Kathy D

Updated on Jul 21, 2015

A pretty simple weeknight salad with homemade dressing to throw together quickly. Make sure your avocados are ripe but not overly so. Feel free to add other veggies, etc... to this salad. This is a Rachael Ray recipe.

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prep time 15 Min

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method No-Cook or Other

yield 6-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

SALAD:
2 - heads bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried
4 medium red vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
2 medium yellow vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
1/2 large red onion, thinly sliced
DRESSING:
2 - ripe avocados
1 - lemon, juice of
1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
3 tablespoons chopped red onion
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves
1 teaspoon coarse salt
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

How To Make southwest salad with avocado dressing

Step 1

Salad: Build your salad on a large platter. Use Bibb lettuce as the bed, then layer the tomatoes and scatter the red onions around the platter.

Step 2

Dressing: Cut avocados in half lengthwise, cutting around the pit. Separate the halves and scoop out the pits with a spoon, then use the spoon to scoop the avocados from their skins. Place the avodados in a food processor bowl and combine the lemon juice, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, salt and water. Grind until the avocado mixture is smooth, then stream the olive oil into dressing. Adjust seasonings and pour over salad then serve.
Step 3

Dressing may be stored 3 or 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
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