The vibrant colours of this Mexican Avocado Orange Salad is only one reason to add this winter salad to your repertoire. Many gluten free cooks shift toward homemade salad dressing after reading labels with ingredients that aren't real food. This simple lime vinaigrette is an example of just how easy homemade can be.

A lettuce lined platter of Mexican Avocado Orange Salad.

The combination of creamy avocado and juicy oranges make this a salad worth repeating! The combination is reminiscent of Latin America so I added Mexican to the name to remind myself I can serve it with anything from turkey tacos to pork carnitas to my easy Cumin Lime Chicken.

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🥑 Ingredients
🍊Simple Vinaigrette Dressing
📹 Instructions To Cut Citrus Supremes
🥗 Variations
🔪 Equipment
Mexican Avocado Orange Salad

🥑 Ingredients

When I'm serving this salad to friends I follow the recipe and serve it on a platter or individual plates just like you see in the photo. Keep reading to see how I vary it for an everyday salad.

avocado
tomato
orange
frozen corn
red onion
olive oil
lime juice (fresh or from concentrate)
lettuce leaves
cilantro (optional)

See recipe card for exact amounts.

🍊Simple Vinaigrette Dressing

I like homemade salad dressing because they have no artificial flavouring. I can make any unique dressing I want like this tomato cumin dressing or a basic vinaigrette dressing.

I most often use extra virgin olive oil for my salad dressings and keep a collection of vinegar in my pantry. The basic dressing is made with oil and vinegar in a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio. For this lime vinaigrette I used three parts olive oil to one part lime juice.

📹 Instructions To Cut Citrus Supremes

Winter is citrus season and I love cutting and using citrus supremes. You can cut your oranges however you like but here's a video showing you how I cut them.

🥗 Variations

I make this as an everyday salad if I have most of the ingredients. I combine elements of my Grapefruit Avocado Salad or this Cranberry Orange Lettuce Salad with this recipe based on what I have on hand. That means I even make it without avocado since having a ripe avocado the day you want it is a never ending challenge.

🔪 Equipment

You don’t need a lot of tools for salad making but you need some basics. My list includes:

An awesome chef's knife, I like my 10-inch Chef’s knife and encourage you to buy one that's a little larger than you think you want. You'll learn to use it and never look back!
A sturdy extra large plastic cutting board that will stay put on the counter when you're chopping. Another must if you're still using one that is rocking back and forth or turning in circles as you cut.
I use my immersion blender to fully emulsify oil and vinegar. Just as often I simply use a whisk to make a quick dressing in a small bowl. If I'm making more than I need I measure the oil and vinegar directly into a jar then shake vigorously.
Both salad dressing bottles and Mason jars are great for storing any salad dressing.
A gorgeous wooden salad bowl or a nice glass platter will be used over and over to serve all kinds of salads so are a good investment.

Let me know in the comments below if you tried this salad and how you liked it.

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