Mexican Citrus Salad with Avocado

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It's not just a salad—it's a crunchy, juicy, sweet, salty, tart, buttery, nutty potluck dazzler.

Mexican Citrus Salad with Avocado
Total Time:
30 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
8 cups

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup fresh lime juice

  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • 1 tablespoon finely snipped flat-leaf Italian parsley

  • 1 tablespoon minced shallot

  • 1 tablespoon honey

  • Salt

  • Ground black pepper

  • 1 cup bite-size strips peeled jicama

  • 1 medium grapefruit, peeled and sectioned*

  • 1 medium orange, peeled and sectioned*

  • ½ cup thinly sliced red onion

  • 1 avocado, halved, seeded and cut up

  • 3 cups torn Boston or bibb lettuce

  • 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce

  • ½ cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas), toasted

  • ½ cup crumbled queso fresco, soft goat cheese (chèvre) or feta cheese

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the lime and orange juice, oil, parsley, shallot and honey. Season with salt and pepper. Add the jicama, grapefruit, orange, red onion and avocado; toss gently to combine.

  2. Combine the Boston and romaine lettuce in a serving bowl or on a platter. Spoon the dressed ingredients over the lettuce. Top with pumpkin seeds and queso fresco.

* Sectioning Citrus

Cut off a slice from both ends of the fruit. Cut away the peel and the white part of the rind, working from top to bottom. Tip the fruit to its side and cut into the center between one section and the membrane. Cut along the other side of the section next to the membrane to free the section.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

227 Calories
17g Fat
16g Carbs
7g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 8
Calories 227
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 17g 22%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 5mg 2%
Sodium 133mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
Total Sugars 8g
Protein 7g
Vitamin C 33mg 164%
Calcium 79mg 6%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 399mg 8%
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