Avocado Salad Recipe Food Cooking International Guide
Avocado Salad Recipe For A Light Meal
By Julia Taylor-Fernandez
Avocado salad recipe can be used to create a light meal. Many
of the ingredients for this recipe can be found in most food stores
and you can use alternative low calorie and low fat ingredients
for a low calorie version.
For example, instead of a high calorie salad dressing, you can
use low calorie salad dressing. You can reduce the fat in chicken,
by taking off the skin, as most of the fat in chicken is with
the skin. You can also swap the mozzarella cheese for a low fat
version.
Preparing the salad for your family, may provide a surprise,
as they may never have tasted such a delicious and filling salad.
It can be eaten as a main meal, or as a small side salad. But
be warned, once you start eating an avocado salad, you may not
want to eat anything else, as the meal is so filling.
More Nutrients Than Your Average Salad
If you’re one of those people who loves avocados, here’s an avocado
salad recipe to die for! Not only that, but it’s got many more
nutrients than your average salad. Even if you’re dieting, this
salad can still be a good choice for your menu.
While avocados aren’t exactly low calorie, one avocado is not
going to ruin your diet. Avocados are jam packed with vitamin
E, which is an antioxidant and makes for a nice complexion. The
rest of the ingredients in this avocado salad recipe are so full
of fiber, you’ll burn off the avocado calories digesting the fiber!
Do I have you convinced?
Use A Large Dinner Plate For Your Salad
This salad is a meal. You’ll feel full when you’ve finished and
feel like you really got away with something. “How can such a
tasty dish be so good for me? Ah, but it is.” A large dinner plate
works best for this avocado salad recipe, mainly for the purposes
of an attractive presentation.
Making The Avocado Salad
Begin with hearts of Romaine, torn into bite sized pieces. Mix
in a good handful or two of mesclun mix. Add another good sized
handful of finely diced Spanish onion. Pile 4 ounces of grilled
chicken breast, sliced into 1-inch wide pieces, in the center
of the plate. Sprinkle the salad with, preferably, freshly ground
pepper to your liking. Finely slice one radish and add to the
plate.
Add two ‘eggs’ of fresh mozzarella, sliced and divided into three
evenly spaced portions, around the edge of the plate. (If you’re
not familiar with fresh mozzarella, it’s far superior in taste
and texture to the mozzarella balls we’re used to finding in the
supermarket. It’s becoming so popular, chances are good that your
grocery store carries this product. If they don’t, ask them to
order it!)
Creating The Visual Feast
The next steps in preparing this avocado salad recipe are simply
a matter of arranging the remaining ingredients in a pretty way
that pleases you. After all, eating is a visual feast too. Cut
a vine ripened tomato into wedges and distribute around the chicken
in a circular formation.
You might also alternate the tomato wedges with the starring
ingredient, the avocado, around the perimeter of the plate for
a nice color contrast. Incidentally, briefly dipping the slices
of avocado in lemon juice prevents discoloration after cutting.
Balancing The Taste With Black Olives
Arrange whole pitted black olives throughout the salad – the
number you use is up to you. Eight is generally a good amount
for a balanced taste.
One hard-boiled egg, sliced is the last component of this marvelous
salad. It’s easiest to pick up if you arrange the egg slices in
a fan shape at one side of the dish. If you don’t mind the egg
slices breaking up as you dig into the salad with your fork, placement
doesn’t matter.
Thousand Island dressing goes well with this avocado salad recipe,
as does a vinaigrette. If only I had an avocado on hand! Next
grocery trip.
Including Low Fat And Low Calorie Alternative Ingredients
You can make slight adjustments to the recipe. For example, if
you are on a diet, then you can use a low calorie salad dressing,
skinless chicken breasts and low fat mozzarella cheese. Many regular
food stores, sell these ingredients, but if you cannot find some
of these ingredients in your regular food store, then go to a
health food store and you should find all you need.
There may be times, when your family does not want a full course
meal and may want a salad instead. Especially if you had a long
lunch and you do not need to eat another full evening meal, but
you do not want to feel any pangs of hunger during the night.
One way to fill this need for a light meal is by surprising your
family with a delicious avocado salad.
As An Afternoon Light Meal
It is different to a regular salad and it can be eaten on its
own, without a main meal. You can enjoy it as an afternoon light
meal, especially when your family is sitting outside on the deck
under the shade, as it may be too hot to eat a full course meal,
under the hot summer sun.
Summer is a good time to enjoy a light meal made with an avocado
salad recipe.
About the Author:
Julia Taylor-Fernandez has written a number of articles on food,
cooking and dieting including General
Nutrition, Meal
Plans, Salad
Dressings, Organic
Baby Food, Fruit
Flower Baskets, Fresh
Fruit, Low
Carb Cheese Cake, Nutritional
Information, Healthy
Appetizers, Low
Carb Dinners, Health
Food Store.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
Why is there such an explosion of organic foods in grocery stores?
With medical technology keeping us living longer,
there has been a renaissance of finding foods that
are good for us. That includes vegetables, tomatoes
and animal products that are free from possibly
dangerous pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics.
Here is more information on The
Demand For Natural Organic Food
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