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Avocado salad Avocado salad recipe | BBC Good Food

PREP: 10 MINS - 15 MINS EASY SERVES 2

Nutrition: per serving

kcal fat saturates carbs sugars fibre protein salt
262 25g 3g 7g 3g 4g 3g 0.44g

Ingredients Method
4 Cos lettuce leaves, chopped 1. For the dressing, mix the crushed garlic with a pinch of
salt, the lemon juice and olive oil. Set aside until ready to
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
serve.
2 radishes, finely sliced

2 spring onions, finely sliced

2. Combine the salad ingredients in a bowl, season and
toss with the dressing just before serving. Serve with Crisp
50g cucumber, cut into small cubes Za'atar bread (see below) and Chermoula-marinated
25g flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped mackerel (see 'Goes well with').

25g mint leaves, coarsely chopped

1 avocado, chopped into chunky pieces

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010
½ tbsp sumac (a crushed red, lemony berry; find it
in Middle Eastern and Indian markets and online)

For the dressing

½ garlic clove, crushed

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp olive oil

Recipe Tip
ZA'ATAR SPICE MIX

Grind 50g toasted sesame seeds in food processor o

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flauffy
15th Apr, 2019

A fantastic go-to green salad that can be altered depending on

what's in the fridge. We had no cucumber or radishes so used
celery instead/substituted red onion for spring onions/ replaced
parsley with fresh coriander. With some pitta and baked feta this
made a great lunch.

lizleicester
1st Aug, 2018

Followed the recipe exactly except for peeling and de-seeding

the cucumber. The sumac is wonderful and went so well with
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