Recipes

Avocado & Mango Romaine Salad

May, 2016

Make room for a new favourite salad. This one’s got summer written all over it.

  • 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 large head of romaine,
    washed and torn into pieces
  • 3 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced into wedges
  • 2 mangos, peeled, pitted and sliced into wedges
  • 1/2 purple onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 roasted red peppers, roughly chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

DRESSING
  1. To make the dressing, place the orange juice, olive oil, mustard, salt and pepper in a small Mason jar.
  2. Add the lid, and give it a shake.
SALAD
  1. Next, place the romaine on a large serving dish, and toss with 3 or 4 tablespoons of the prepared dressing.
  2. Atop the romaine, arrange the wedges of avocado and mango, the slices of onion and the chopped red peppers.
  3. Drizzle with 3 more tablespoons of dressing, and garnish with an extra sprinkle of freshly cracked black pepper. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

 

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