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Last Updated on January 21, 2020 by laurenpacek

This side salad celebrates the best of citrus season

This mixed citrus and avocado salad is everything you want during the peak of citrus season. Vibrant colors, sweet and tart flavors, AND it’s healthy!

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How does this salad come together?

Peel and slice up whatever citrus your heart desires. Do the same with an avocado. Arrange those beauties on a big plate or a platter.

Next, you’ll whisk up a few ingredients and drizzle them over the produce.

Aaaand, that’s really about it. Couldn’t be easier.

Customize this salad however you’d like!

I used blood, cara cara, and mandarin oranges for this version. But, really, you should use whatever citrus varieties that you like?

Want to use a grapefruit? Do it. Navel oranges? Yup, go for it. Heck, you could even slice up some Meyer lemons and toss them into the salad.

You do you.

Looking for other citrus-heavy recipes?

Check out these Broiled Grapefruits! They’re a delicious and healthy breakfast/brunch treat.

Don’t forget about Homemade Lemonade and Homemade Lemon Curd, too. And of course, there’s sweet and boozy Cara Cara Orange Margaritas!

Mixed Citrus and Avocado Salad

Name: Mixed Citrus and Avocado Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 tbs olive oil; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 tsp honey; 1 tsp poppy seeds; kosher salt and pepper, to taste; 1 blood orange, peeled and sliced; 2 cara cara oranges, peeled and sliced; 1 mandarin orange, peeled and sliced; 1 avocado, sliced; kosher salt and pepper, to taste

Yield: 2 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

This mixed citrus and avocado salad is everything you want during the peak of citrus season. Vibrant colors, sweet and tart flavors, AND it's healthy!

Ingredients

1 blood orange, peeled and sliced
2 cara cara oranges, peeled and sliced
1 mandarin orange, peeled and sliced
1 avocado, sliced
kosher salt and pepper, to taste

For the dressing

2 tbs olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
2 tsp honey
1 tsp poppy seeds
kosher salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Arrange the citrus and avocado on a plate.
Season with kosher salt and pepper.

To make the dressing

Combine all of the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl.
Whisk until combined.
Pour over the prepared citrus and avocado.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 435Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 307mgCarbohydrates: 47gFiber: 12gSugar: 29gProtein: 4g

What do I need to have on hand in order to make this?

Poppy seeds
A whisk, for making the dressing