This easy to achieve side salad of grapefruit, avo and walnuts, gets two of the lesser eaten ingredients in my pantry consumed far better than many days. How about you give it a go? if it is of the nutrition angle, this is a vegan, gluten free, oil free salad.
Mostly, we eat well with fruit in our diets! We consume them in a great variety and are fine to experiment with new ones. One of the fruits that gets minimal attention in our house is grapefruit. Sliced pieces at breakfast are like mini torture sessions with the kids ( ad he adults). It comes with the whole set of associated drama how not to eat it!!
Even pomelo doesn’t get this dramatic reaction though it is pretty much the same flavours!!
All that drama will not stop me from buying some as hey are great for health!! Now, onto find ways to encourage the eating these without the whole hy do you just have to buy this! The easiest recipe I have found that takes some of this not so welcome fruit is as salads or chaats. So, here we are with grapefruit, avocado and walnut salad to avoid the drama and get some grapefruit on the fork. You try it and let me know if this works in your house.
How to prepare the grapefruit for the salad?
The white pith is the most bitter on a grapefruit. So removing that completely with actually give you a sweeter fruit. You don’t want to lose the juice from the fruit while achieving this.
- Use a sharp knife like the kiwi brand one, we swear by.
- Here is what I prefer to do. I slice the fruit in wedges and cut the fleshy segments away from the peel. This creates the least mess for me and then I can dice the flesh into pieces to add to the salad.
Other ingredients in the salad
Avocados: the fatty creamy avocados always pair well with any citrus fruits, as we have used in curried avocado dip. So that is an easy no brainer add here. For the taste , it actually dulls the intensity of tart grapefruit.
Red onions: Soaked in the citrus acidity, red onions works best. It also is not so sharp with all the ingredients. (Try the marinated laccha salad when you have a lot of red onions)
Spinach or lettuce: you can use a handful of spinach, lettuce, rocket leaves all taste very good in this recipe. It adds a bit of vibrant colour and pairs well with the grapefruit flavours. I did not add any as I did not have any today. You can use a bag of mixed leaves too if you like.
Nuts and seeds: I love the crunch of nuts and seeds in my salads. It actually makes the salad filling. It also makes you feel good that you are doing the right thing for your body. Here I have used walnuts in this recipe. You can swap and choose pecans, almonds, macadamia or pumpkin seeds.
Cheese: Small cubes of cheddar is a perfect wet to get a couple ore fork fulls on the plate. Saying that, have you made grana padano cheese rind croutons.
Dressing: Ideally the salad is just fine with some salt and pepper, but that’s no fun while making a salad. Try this 1/2 tsp balsamic, two tsp orange juice, salt and pepper. Oooo! now you are talking. Whisk this up and use a little at a time on the salad.
Lets make this salad
Slice up the segments of the grapefruit.
Dice them up, add to the mixing bowl,
Toast the walnuts lightly and add that to the mixing bowl.
Cu the avocado in half
Scoop and dice the flesh, add this into the mixing bowl.
Slice half an onion and mix that well.
Into a small bowl, add balsamic vinegar, Couple of table spoons of orange juice, salt and pepper. Whisk this well
Pour this over the salad in the mixing bowl and toss well
Scoop the salad onto the plate and add cubed cheese or cheese croutons.
The recipe card below gives you exact measurements, Hope this tep bys tep is useful to recreate the salad.
Grapefruit salad with avocado and walnuts
Equipment
- 1 salad spoons
Ingredients
- 1 medium grapefruit
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/2 medium red onion
- 10-15 halves walnuts
- 5-6 cubes cheddar
For the dressing
- 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
Instructions
- Whisk together the ingredients to the dressing and set it aside.
- Scoop, sliec and cut the avocado into cubes.
- Peel the grapefruit and remove the segments as discussed in the post above.
- Add these into a mixing bowl with the avocado cubes and walnuts.
- Drizzle the dressing on the salad ingredients.
- Toss the salad well, adjust salt and pepper if needed.
- The salad is now ready to serve.
The verdict for this grapefruit salad
This grapefruit salad with avocado and walnuts went so Much more easier than any other time grapefruit was placed at the table. We did some easy cheese toasties to make it a meal. I did not hear a great deal about how bitter it was or how sour they are. So, I am continuing with this salad idea. Are you ready to give this grapefruit salad a try?
What pairs well with this salad?
This salad is a perfect side for rice and lentil based dishes like risotto or mujddhara. Naan bread, lentil curry and this salad is another combination you can try. You can also add some freshness to the lentil bolganese with this side salad or pair it with the creamy kholrabi pasta.
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Yumm yumm salad . Sounds so refreshing and filling for a hot summer day . Grapefruit and avocado sound a perfect pair
Actually, I was surprised too that the avocado can null the bitter grapefruit flavour. A must-try combo.
Such a pretty and tempting grapefruit salad with avocado and walnuts.Creamy, nutty and citrusy. Love using fruits in salads and grapefruit is one of them. Truthfully, like your kids I don’t enjoy much on its own but in a salad I can easily eat a whole grapefruit.
It is a tough fruit to navigate with the taste being so strong. When the avocado and the walnuts come together, thankfully the citrus flavour comes forward than the bitterness. I guess this helps to make the salad more friendly.
Grapefruit salad looks good and a good way to consume it. Will add it to my salad once I find it here. I am always happy with salads.
I agree, that grapefruit is tough to find in Indian markets. However, you can try the same with pomelo or oranges themselves.
What a simple and healthy salad. I am always looking for new salad recipes. I will get the ingredients and make it. Loved the simple dressing too.
I am so glad you said it is a simple dressing. I have found that keeping it easy makes sure that most of it actually gets eaten.
Now, this is one yum salad! Grapefruit, avocado and walnuts. Wow! Especially if you are going to prepare the grapefruit! I am definitely coming over.
Come come, my whole household will be happy there is one more person to share it with so they can just have a little lesser of it!! but it is an amazingly tasty salad.
We like this nutty type of salad, where we just add a bit of nuts and seeds. This recipe worked out perfectly, and I am now repeating this salad again and again in my family.