5.23.16 | Food and Fitness

Avocado Salad with Grilled Salmon and Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing

If you like salmon, you'll love it even more when it's drizzled with avocado cilantro lime dressing. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Joey Cyr, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA (Serves 2)

Ingredients

  • ½ c. fresh yellow tomatoes, halved
  • ½ c. fresh cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
  • 1 avocado, peeled and diced
  • ¼ c. cooked corn
  • ¼ c. lima beans
  • Olive oil, to taste
  • Juice from 1 lemon
  • Grilled salmon, enough to serve 2
  • ¼ c. of plain Greek yogurt
  • ½ avocado, mashed
  • 1 c. fresh cilantro
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • Dash of salt
  • Minced garlic, 2 cloves

Directions

In a bowl, combine first 6 salad ingredients. Toss in a small amount of olive oil and lemon juice. Top with grilled salmon. For the dressing, puree in a blender the remaining ingredients. Drizzle on top.

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