December 20, 2018

Avocado and Cilantro Salad with Homemade French Dressing

I love the pairing of avocado and cilantro with french dressing. For this salad, I use the customary salad ingredients lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions but then add avocado and cilantro. What brings it all together is the homemade French Dressing. It’s sooo good. Just the right amount of sweet, tang and spice. Avocado and Cilantro Salad with Homemade French Dressing is a great combo…a trifecta of sorts!

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Salad Ingredients

For the base of the salad, I use Bibb lettuce, multi-colored mini heirloom tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion, cucumber, red & orange peppers, avocado, and cilantro. Using colorful ingredients enhances any salad. Feel free to use whatever veggie ingredients you prefer.

Homemade French Dressing

For the homemade French Dressing, I mix ketchup, sugar, olive oil, vinegar and lots of different seasonings together. (See recipe below, underneath Avocado and Cilantro Salad recipe or click here.)

Salad Topping

nature's promise, crispy fried onions, gluten free

Nature’s Promise Gluten Free Crispy Fried Onions would be a delicious topping for this salad. I found them at Giant in the Gluten Free section.

Avocado and Cilantro Salad with Homemade French Dressing

Dress the salad right before serving.

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5 from 2 votes

Avocado and Cilantro Salad with Homemade French Dressing

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Salad, starter

Cuisine: American

Keyword: avocado, bibb lettuce, cilantro, french dressing, gluten free, nature’s promise gluten free crispy fried onions

Servings: 4

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

1/2-1 bag bibb lettuce
1 avocado diced
1/4 red, yellow or orange pepper diced
1 cucumber peeled and sliced unless using Persian Cucumbers no peeling necessary
red onion a few thin slices
handful cherry or grape tomatoes any color halved or whole tomato sliced or quartered
1/4 cup cilantro chopped
kosher salt and pepper

Instructions

Put lettuce in first and then layer in all of the other ingredients.
Feel free to add, delete or modify any of the ingredients mentioned above.
Drizzle Homemade French salad dressing on top when ready to serve and toss a few times until dressing is incorporated. (Homemade French Dressing Recipe can be found on the website gfchow.com under the Soups and Salads tab.

Notes

This salad is open to all kinds of modifications. Feel free to add your favorite vegetables, nuts and/or cheese.

If making the salad ahead of time, put the avocado in the bowl first to help prevent it from discoloring too quickly. Then add the rest of the salad ingredients except the tomatoes. Always add tomatoes right before ready to serve the salad to avoid a soggy salad.

Don’t refrigerate tomatoes (unless you’ve cut a few slices from a big one but still have some tomato left. In that case, cover it with plastic wrap and put in the fridge). Keep tomatoes on your countertop.

I used my Homemade French Dressing for this salad but feel free to use your favorite dressing.

Nature’s Promise Organic Gluten Free Crispy Fried Onions would be the perfect topping to complete this salad.

Print Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Homemade French Dressing

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Cuisine: American, French, Southern

Keyword: dressing, french dressing, gluten free, Salad

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

1 Cup Ketchup
2/3 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 Cup White Wine Vinegar
2 Tsps Kosher Salt
1 Tsp Celery Salt
1 Tsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Mustard Powder
1 Tsp Onion Powder
1/4 Tsp Paprika
1/4 Tsp Cayenne Pepper optional
1 1/2 Tsp Worcestershire Sauce

Instructions

Mix all ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined.

Notes

This recipe makes approx. 2 1/2 cups of dressing that can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for approx. 1 month.

The salad recipe is by me and the Homemade French Dressing is modified by me from Culinary Hill.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these GFchow recipes. Avocado and Cucumber Plate, Greek Salad with Homemade Dressing and Crab Louie Cobb Salad.

Gluten Free Disclaimer

The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.