Salads and Vegetables: Salads: Avocado and Tomato salad

A fresh, light, delicious salad.

Author: CalorieKing
Date: August 06, 2009

Serves: 4 person(s)

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 tomatoes, quartered, deseeded, and finely diced
1/2 bunch of shallots, finely sliced
1 cucumber, halved lenthways, deseeded, and finely diced
1/4 cup basil leaves, roughly chopped
1 lemon, juiced
2 medium avocados, halved and skin removed
1 bunch of arugula leaves, rinsed
85.71 g black olives

Directions:

DRESSING: Combine mustard, vinegar, garlic, and olive oil in a small jar with lid and shake well.

SALAD: Place the tomato, shallots, cucumber and basil in a small bowl, add the dressing and mix to combine.

Drizzle the lemon juice over the avocado halves. Use a small knife to remove a 1/2-inch slice of the rounded side of the avocado half. Place the avocado halves on serving plates. Divide the tomato salad equally among the four avocado halves. Garnish with arugula leaves and black olives.