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Autumn Salad with Pear, Currants, and Hazelnuts

Autumn Salad with Pear, Currants, and Hazelnuts

Feel free to use whatever lettuce or blend of greens you like here.

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Preparation time: 15m

Ingredients:
2 c arugula, 1 pear, 1/4 c hazelnuts, 1/4 c dried currants, 2 T lemon juice, 1 T olive oil, pn salt


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Avocado and Sweet Onion Salad

Avocado and Sweet Onion Salad

This salad is so good alongside anything grilled. Its dressing has a healthy kick from jalapenos, but the creamy avocado and sweet onion work to balance it out.

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Preparation time: 20m

Ingredients:
3 limes, 2 jalapeño peppers, 1/3 c olive oil, 1 1/2 t sugar, salt, pepper, 1 sweet onion, 4 avocados, 1 c packed fresh cilantro sprigs


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Avocado Dill Roasted Potato Salad

Avocado Dill Roasted Potato Salad

This is a simple twist on potato salad, with a quick sauce of avocado, fresh dill, and lemon.

 
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Preparation time: 10m
Cook.: 1h

Ingredients:
3 lb fingerling potatoes, 2 T avocado oil , salt, 1 avocado, 6 T extra-virgin olive oil, 3 T lemon juice, 1/2 c stemmed, lightly packed fresh dill, pepper


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Avocado Mint Salad

Avocado Mint Salad

This distinctive salad is just the thing to get you out of a dinner rut. Tender bibb lettuce, torn and topped with avocado, ribbons of mint, and a fresh grapefruit juice dressing pleasantly startle a
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Preparation time: 15m

Ingredients:
1 large avocado, peeled, stoned, and cubed, 1 T lime juice, 1 head bibb lettuce, washed and torn, 1/2 c carrots, finely chopped or grated, 1/2 c freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, 3 T mint, minced or sliced into ribbons, 1 t sesame oil, 1 t tamari, 1 t apple juice concentrate


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Avocado Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing

Avocado Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing

The carrot ginger-dressing is a snap to make and is the perfect complement to the salad's creamy avocado and soft Bibb lettuce. You'll have extra dressing which works out well because you'll want to pour
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Preparation time: 20m

Ingredients:
1 carrot, 1 shallot, 2 T ginger, 2 T miso, 2 T rice vinegar, 2 T sesame oil, 1/4 c grapeseed oil, 2 T water, 1 lettuce, 1/4 red onion, 1 avocado


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Avocado, Jicama and Orange Salad

Avocado, Jicama and Orange Salad

A refreshing salad to complement a heavy winter meal.
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Preparation time: 15m

Ingredients:
8 oz jicama, 1 avocado, 2 oranges, 4 radishes, 2 c baby spinach, 2 limes, salt, 1 jalepeno pepper, sunflower sprouts


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Beet, Carrot, and Apple Salad

Beet, Carrot, and Apple Salad

Winter vegetables can often seem heavy, but this root vegetable and apple salad is crisp and refreshing, a great antidote to filling holiday foods.

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Preparation time: 20m

Ingredients:
1 beet, 2 carrots, 1 apple, 1 T lemon juice, 1/2 t salt, 1 T olive oil, black pepper


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Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Try this with corn bread and cold melon on a hot day.

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Preparation time: 15m

Ingredients:
4 c cooked black-eyed peas, drained, 1 rib celery, minced, 1 carrot, diced, 1 small red onion, diced, 1 red bell pepper, diced, 1/2 bn fresh spinach, sliced in ribbons, 1/2 bn parsley, chopped small, 2 T toasted sesame oil, 1 c balsamic vinegar, 2 T olive oil, 1 t salt, 1 t black pepper, or to taste, 1 T basil