Recipe: Strawberry Avocado Salad

Strawberry avocado salad – the perfect summer or fall salad full of bright rich colours and flavours. Plus, the toasted almonds add in a nice nuttiness. Okay, let’s get cooking!

Ingredients

• 5 cups of salad mix
• 8 strawberries
• 1/4 of a red onion
• 1 avocado
• 1/4 cup of slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup of crumbled feta
• poppyseed or balsamic dressing

First, get out a cast iron pan and put it on medium heat. Add in the slivered almonds and toast them. Be sure you’re keeping an eye on the almonds since they’re burn if left unattended for too long. Once that’s done, get out your spring mix (I used a combination of butter lettuce and a trio lettuce) and wash then dry it well. Tear into bite sized pieces if needed.

Then, once the almonds are done, plate up the lettuce and then prep the ingredients. Slice the strawberries, onion, and avocado, then crumble the feta. Layer everything neatly on a flat serving dish and top with the toasted almonds. Lastly, drizzle your favourite dressing, I suggest either poppyseed or balsamic. Dress the salad as much or as little as you like – for me, about 1/2 cup of dressing does the trick on this salad, yet I like things over-dressed.

Doesn’t the salad look nice and bright? So good – okay, let’s eat up.

You can prep the salad ahead of time, just don’t add the dressing until it’s time to eat. That way everything is nice and crisp.

Well, there you have it, a delicious summer or fall salad to kick off autumn or end your last warm summer weekend. This strawberry avocado salad is a great recipe for lunch or along side a black bean burger – so tasty!

Happy weekend – I hope you’re enjoying the downtime, doing what makes you happy and eating good-to-you food! Thanks so much for visiting and I hope to see you again soon. Bye!