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5 from 2 votes

Avocado and Cilantro Salad with Homemade French Dressing

Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
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.