Avocado Salad

5 from 1 vote

This Avocado Salad recipe is fresh, simple, and flavorful. It’s the perfect side dish on a hot summer day or if you want to skip cooking. It has a great balance of rich and creamy avocado and crisp cucumber and tomato is perfect.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: avocado salad

Servings:

Calories: 263kcal

Author: Jill

Ingredients

2 large avocados or 3 small, diced into medium size chunks
1 english cucumber sliced or diced
1 pint grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1/2 medium red onion diced into small pieces
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

Dice the avocado, cucumber, onion and tomatoes.
Place them in a large bowl.
Chop the cilantro and add it to the bowl.
Add the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Toss to coat and serve immediately.

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Notes

Choose avocados that are just ripe, but still relatively firm. If they are too ripe, it’ll be tasty, but the avocado will be mushy.
Instead of grape or cherry tomatoes you can use 3-4 Roma tomatoes.
You can omit the onion if you prefer and add ½ Tablespoon of onion powder instead.

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