Ruby Grapefruit & Avocado Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
Here’s a plate full of summer you can eat any time of year, full of nutritional goodness. It’s also a gorgeous salad lit up by the color and flavor of Star ruby grapefruits and delicious avocados. Add a citrus vinaigrette, and it’s the perfect salad for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Course Appetizers, Main Dish, Salads
Salad:
- 4 Star ruby grapefruits
- 4 avocados
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 2 small red onions thinly sliced and separated into rings
- 1 fennel bulb thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup Parmegiano-Reggiano cheese shaved
Vinaigrette:
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon shallot minced
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshy ground black pepper
Salad:
Peel and section the grapefruits, taking as much of the white pith off as you can.
Peel and pit the avocados, and cut them into slices lengthwise.
Add the grapefruit and avocado to a large bowl, along with the spinach, red onion, and fennel. Toss lightly to combine.
Divide between four large salad bowls, or plates.
Top each with the Pargemiano-Reggiano cheese.
Keyword Star Ruby grapefruit