Avocado Salad

Avocado Salad is the salad to make when you want something easy, healthy and satisfying. Only 7 simple ingredients are required to make this tasty avocado salad.

“If a woman drowns her salad in mayonnaise and says she is doing clean eating, she does nothing but deceives herself.” James 1: 24, Clean Eating Bible.

We fell in love with avocado salad during our university days in Cameroon. It was a simple mixture of avocados, tomatoes, onions and mayonnaise that tasted more notable than it looked. We still remember the local restaurant which sold it and inspired us to make ours. We still remember how heavenly it felt as it went down our tummy with a bite of bread.
For some reason, avocados are locally called, “pear” in Cameroon although pear is a seperate fruit in other parts of the world. So we call this salad pear salad or purée in French (though it wasn’t pureed or anything like that). Years later, we still make this salad and weep for joy as it goes down our tummy. This month we decided to eat clean so instead of drowning our darling avocado salad in a killer mixture of mayonnaise, salt, vinegar and sugar, we simply dressed it in extra virgin olive oil, salt and a few shakes of ground black pepper. If you want to hold on to your mayo, that’s fine. Just make sure you eat in moderation.

Avocado, the Superfood

Avocado is a super food and you should have it regularly in your diet. Here is why:

• It fights cancer.
• It contains heart-healthy fats.
• It aids digestion.
• It regulates blood sugar levels.
• It is anti-inflammatory.
• It does much more!

Another noteworthy thing is that avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable. A salad like this takes a fruit that already tastes great and makes it exceptional.

This salad is crunchy with freshness from the tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers and creamy from the texture of the avocados. It is the perfect balance of crunchy and creamy.

It can be eaten on it’s own, together with whole wheat bread for breakfast or lunch or as a side dish to other meals.

Avocado Salad Ingredients

Avocado Salad requires 7 simple ingredients:

1. Avocados
2. Cucumber
3. Tomatoes
4. Onion
5. Olive oil
6. Salt
7. Black pepper

How it comes together

1. Peel cucumber and chop into 1-inch pieces. (If using English cucumber, do not peel it because its skin is thinner). Place the chopped cucumber in a large bowl.

2. Cut tomatoes into 1-inch pieces and add to the bowl.

3. Dice onion and add to the bowl.

4. Cut each avocado into 4 slices. Peel each slice and cut into 1-inch pieces. Add chopped avocado to the bowl.

5. Drizzle olive oil over the chopped ingredients.

6. Sprinkle on salt and ground black pepper.

7. Mix everything together to combine. We love this stuff!

Make some soon! Watch the recipe video and get the printable recipe below.

Here are some commonly asked questions about this recipe and our answers to them:

What can we use in place of olive oil? Substitutes for olive oil are coconut oil, peanut oil, corn oil, avocado oil or vegetable oil.

What if we don’t like cucumber? If you do not like cucumber, feel free to omit it then reduce the oil, salt and pepper by half.

How it comes together

In this video, you can watch us making this tasty salad with avocado, cucumber and tomatoes.

Here are some other Avocado Salad Recipes you might love:

• CHICKEN AVOCADO SALAD
• AVOCADO EGG SALAD
• SHRIMP AVOCADO TOMATO SALAD
• CUCUMBER AVOCADO SALAD
• BREAKFAST SALAD WITH AVOCADO AND EGGS

*This recipe has been updated.

• Yield: 4 servings
• Prep: 15 minutes
• Total: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 medium ripe avocados
• 2 Roma tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons diced red onion
• 1 medium cucumber
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Method

1. Peel cucumber and chop into 1-inch pieces. (If using English cucumber, do not peel it because its skin is thinner). Place the chopped cucumber in a large bowl.
2. Chop tomatoes into 1-inch pieces and add to the bowl.
3. Add the onion to the bowl.
4. Cut each avocado into 4 slices. Peel each slice and cut into 1-inch pieces. Add the avocado to the bowl.
5. Drizzle olive oil over the chopped ingredients.
6. Sprinkle salt and ground black pepper over the chopped ingredients.
7. Toss to combine then serve.