Avocado Summer Salad
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This Avocado Summer Salad is a healthy side dish full of vegetables and packed with nutrition. It’s a delicious, easy recipe!
There are so many ways to enjoy avocados. From avocado deviled eggs to quinoa salad and breakfast bowls, you can’t go wrong with this delicious fruit.
In addition to being delicious, avocados are a nutritional powerhouse with nearly 20 vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients in a one-ounce serving. Their creaminess makes them a great substitute for mayonnaise in dressings and dips.
My favorite way to eat avocados is in a salad, and this avocado summer salad is a great example. Whenever I eat a salad that doesn’t include avocado, I’m a little disappointed. Their soft, creamy texture complements the crunchier elements of a typical salad.
This avocado summer salad is a unique, healthy summer side dish that will hold up well at your next barbecue. The lemon juice in the dressing helps the avocados to maintain their green color.
Full of fresh corn, cherry tomatoes, crunchy bell peppers and cucumbers, this salad is bursting with flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 medium ears of corn
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 cup chopped cucumbers
- 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 1 tbs diced red onion
- 2 medium avocados chopped
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1/2 tbs lemon juice
- 1/2 tbs lime juice
- 1/2 tbs honey
- 3/4 tsp salt or more to taste
Instructions
- Blanch the ears of corn for 2 minutes in boiling water. Transfer the corn to a bowl of cold water.
- Cut the corn off the cobs and place it in a large bowl.
- Add the tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, and onion to the bowl. Stir to combine evenly.
- Add the chopped avocado and stir gently.
- Mix together the remaining ingredients in a small bowl to make the dressing. Pour over the salad and stir to combine.
- Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Avocado Summer Salad Price Breakdown
This recipe costs $5.13 to make, or $.86 per one-cup serving. This salad is a healthy, flavorful side dish that takes advantage of fresh summer produce from the farm.
how did i miss this before? such a lovely image!
I appreciate the compliment, Gretchen – especially from such a talented photographer as you!
I can’t imagine my summer salads without avocado! So needed, so delicious. Love the addition of corn!
Thanks, Alex! I totally agree about the avocado.
Such a gorgeous salad and love all the summer fruits and veggies in here!
Thanks, EA!
The bounty of summer is right there in your salad! Terrific recipe!
Thank you, Diane!
Avocados in salads work so well!
I would miss out the corn (being Paleo, we don’t eat grains and corn, even sweetcorn is a grain). But apart from that this looks delicious!
This salad is very versatile, so you can easily swap out whatever ingredients you don’t want and add something else.
Avocados are meant to be added to salads! Love every single ingredients in this dish, On a side note, I didn’t realize you are a recipe reduxer, Annemarie! Now I know ;). I’m so happy we connected.
Thanks, Min! I’m glad we connected too. I love your additions to Farmers’ Market Monday.
This definitely says summer with all my summer favorites: corn, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers.
Thank you! It’s a great lineup of veggies.
I’m the same way – I’ve gotten so use to putting avocados in salads, something is definitely missing in flavor when they aren’t there 🙂 Love the citrus honey dressing – too 🙂
Thanks, Deanna. This is my favorite dressing – it works on just about anything.