Avocado-Cucumber Salad with Carrot-Sesame Dressing
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Recipe type: Healthy Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches
 
Total Time: 20 minutes Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 5 minutes Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
  • 1 head Bibb lettuce
  • 2 avocados, halved, peeled, pitted, and sliced
  • 2 small cucumbers, peeled, halved, seeded, and sliced
  • 2 small carrots, roughly chopped
  • ½ small shallot, roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon ginger, chopped
  • 2½ tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 4 tablespoons sesame oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Arrange the sesame seeds on a baking sheet and toast for about 5 minutes, or until seeds are lightly golden. Watch carefully as seeds burn quickly!
  3. Meanwhile, prepare the dressing. In a food processor, add the carrot, shallot, ginger, vinegar, honey, and water. Pulse until smooth and creamy. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the sesame oil and pulse again, until well combined.
  4. Break the lettuce leaves off the head and arrange the lettuce on serving plates. Top with cucumber and avocado slices. Drizzle on plenty of dressing. Top with toasted sesame seeds, and serve.
Recipe by Jen Elizabeth's Journals at https://jenelizabethsjournals.com/2013/07/10/avocado-cucumber-salad-with-carrot-sesame-dressing/