To continue the citrus theme, I’ve got a grapefruit recipe for you this week. After requesting suggestions in my last post, Dear Cousin Shiela gave me a rough outline of a recipe that she is fond of. The original recipe comes from Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites. I don’t have this book, however, so I sort of winged it based on Shiela’s description.
I prepared the dressing first, and separately, so it would be ready to go once the rest of the salad was. Overall, I think I put too much garlic in the dressing, so the ingredient list below reflects a more toned down version. You’ll probably have left-over dressing for use in other yummy salads.
I used a bunch of Bordeaux Spinach that I got in my CSA share and it was yummy and added some color. Of course, I think the original recipe probably utilized plain old green spinach. We had this for lunch with some fresh bread and brie – the combination of bitterness in the salad (grapefruit, garlic and spinach) and the slight sweetness of the bread and brie was divine.
Grapefruit Avocado Spinach Salad
- 1 grapefruit, sectioned and cut into smaller pieces
- 1 avocado
- 1 bunch spinach
- 1 clove finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Mix together the olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper to make the dressing. Set aside. Toss together salad ingredients and drizzle with dressing.
Tags: avocado, cold, cooking, food, garlic, grapefruit, healthy, Lunch, salad, savory, spinach
January 26, 2009 at 1:57 pm
A salad very similar to this one won our citrus recipe contest. Looks great!
January 26, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Never thought to mix grapefruit with avocado before! Looks delish!
January 26, 2009 at 3:17 pm
This sounds like such an amazing combo! I will add it to my “to make” list!
January 26, 2009 at 5:09 pm
grapefruit and avocado go together so well! what a flavorful and colorful salad!!
January 26, 2009 at 7:46 pm
We did something like this around Christmas, but put a few pomegranate seeds in the mix as well. Avocado and grapefruit are great together!
January 27, 2009 at 11:07 am
This sounds so light and refreshing, thanks for sharing!
January 27, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I don’t love citrus in salad but i love love love avocado. i would eat this salad just for the avocado! And spinach is one of my favorite veggies
February 3, 2009 at 10:11 am
I love the combo of avocada and spinach…sounds so good!
March 2, 2009 at 11:08 am
Love this combination of flavors. When we don’t have grapefruit, I use tangerines or oranges. The dressing always includes the juice from 1/2 lemon or a whole lime. Lovely and healthy!
March 5, 2009 at 6:52 am
Don’t you love Moosewood! I’ve been to the restaurant in Ithaca a few times and can’t get enough of it!
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