Avocado Salad

Diet | Nutrition | Recipes

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Jenny Cromack

avocado salad

Adding avocado to a salad is not only tasty but extremely beneficial for your diet!

* The avocado is packed full of goodness including:

  • Vitamin C – 17% of the RDA.
  • Vitamin K – 26% of the RDA.
  • Vitamin B6: 13% of the RDA.
  • Vitamin E: 10% of the RDA.
  • Vitamin B5 – 14% of the RDA
  • Folate – 20% of the RDA.
  • Potassium –14% of the RDA

 

They are also high in protein, good fats and fibre – all of these points mean that avocado keeps you feeling nice an full after you have eaten it. So add this avocado salad to your lunch menu and keep feeling full throughout the afternoon.

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The recipe makes 2 servings but you can easily double up the ingredients to make a bigger salad.  Use the salad as a base to add your protein to – try some salmon or chargrilled chicken breasts or simple boiled eggs.

We hope you enjoy this avocado salad.

Kcal 262 Protein 3g Carbs 7g  Fat 25g  Sat 1g

Serves 2

Ingredients

  • 4 Cos lettuce leaves, chopped
  • 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 radishes, finely sliced
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 50g cucumber, cut into small cubes
  • 25g flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
  • 25g mint leaves, coarsely chopped
  • 1 avocado, chopped into chunky pieces

Dressing
½ garlic clove, crushed
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil

Method

  1. For the dressing, mix the crushed garlic with a pinch of salt, the lemon juice and olive oil. Set aside until ready to serve.
  2. Combine the salad ingredients in a bowl, season and toss with the dressing just before serving.
  3. If you wish serve with some protein such as chargrilled chicken, salmon or boiled eggs.