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I shared a wonderful Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette on Friday with a promise for a delicious salad ..........
I have a feeling that, once you try this delicious Butter Lettuce & Cilantro Salad w/ Avocados & Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette, you'll find yourself making it again and again. It is a perfect side salad along with just about any dinner entree, but it's also fabulous with grilled or roasted chicken, beef or pork. Seared or grilled shrimp would be wonderful piled on top or a scatter of Applewood bacon would be delightful (with the bacon, you could even change the name to BLT Salad!). If you're not a cilantro lover, exchange the cilantro for fresh basil...........
Are you getting the picture? Another one of my Little Black Dress recipes - a staple in your recipe wardrobe, dress it up or down, swap out ingredients for what you have or what you prefer. The dressing recipe will make much more than you need for four salads, so have fun seeing how many different types of salads you can come up with!
Butter Lettuce & Cilantro Salad w/ Avocado & Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
1 6-ounce bag butter or bib lettuce, about 6 cups
1 small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped (I like to leave some of the leaves intact, just to look pretty on the salad - if you're in a hurry just go ahead and chop it all)
½ medium red bell pepper, diced fairly small
¼ medium red onion, diced fairly small
2 medium avocado*, cut in half and pitted, each half cut in quarters and then sliced widthwise into quarter inch slices
3 medium plum tomatoes**, cut in half lengthwise, then each half quartered, lengthwise
1 cup Feta*** cheese, crumbled (goat cheese would also be delicious)
Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette, see recipe here
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
1. Arrange butter lettuce and cilantro on four serving plates. Sprinkle with red onion, red pepper, plum tomatoes, avocado and cheese.
2. Drizzle each salad lightly with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette, and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and a generous grind of black pepper. Pass extra dressing at the table.
Mona says
YUMMY!! I had to save this one to Pinterest..your pictures are beautiful..and your food looks so good..
Mona
heidi says
All your beautiful salads makes me want to eat salad all the time!
France@beyondthepeel says
Cute. Your little black dress recipe. I love it. This looks like summer on a plate and couldn't we all use a little summer right about now?
I know I could.
I hope you'll join us Chris for WHole Food Wednesdays at beyondthepeel.net. Have a great rest of your week.
sweetcarolinescooking.com says
What a lovely salad...and that vinaigrette! Oh stop it. I would love that for dinner tonight. 😉
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente says
All my favourite ingredients,this has to be good. Diane
Claire @ Claire K Creations says
I love your little black dress recipes Chris! I hope to fill my 'wardrobe' with them!
Pacheco Patty says
I'm a bacon, avocado, cilantro, butter leaf lettuce and meyer lemon vinaigrette loving type of gal! Your salad is talking to me, just added the ingredients to my grocery list, I just love all the culinary inspiration I find on your site, thanks for sharing!
Eri says
This is the perfect pair Chris! I love it!
Vicki Bensinger says
Such a beautiful salad and the vinaigrette I've saved to try later. Looks tasty!
Paula {Salad in a Jar} says
This seems really versatile so I pinned it.
Sandra says
Way to make good on your promises. I hope this little black dress makes me look skinny!
The Mom Chef says
I could handle eating a bunch of this salad in order to fit into my little black dress. It looks amazing.
bellini says
This dressing is the little black dress of the blogging world.
peanutbutterandpeppers.com says
The salad looks absolutly amazing! I love butter lettuce and I don't buy it that often, not sure why? Thansk for posting the recipe. I plan on making the vingarette, but I'm still looking for Meyer Lemons, I may just have to use plain ones.
Hovkonditorn says
Such a fresh and lovely salad!