Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad with Pickled Radish

03.27.18

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Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad with Pickled Radish | Naturally Ella

There are certain thins I didn't learn about food until I moved to California. Looking back, I lived a rather sheltered food life in the Midwest. Citrus, pineapple, and avocados were magical year-round food that all was shipped long distances. I never questioned it because to me, an avocado in December was the same as one in July. Boy was I wrong.

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Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad with Pickled Radish

4 servings

A fresh spring wedge salad featuring romaine lettuce topped with pickled radish, avocado, and an easy avocado dressing.

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Pickled Radishes

1 bunch radish
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
¼ cups water
2 tablespoons cane sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Dressing

1/2 ripe (California Avocado)
1/4 cup whole milk plain yogurt (or cashew cream)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced scallions
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt (to taste)
Water (as needed)

Avocado Salad

1 head of romaine lettuce
¼ cup chopped pickled radishes
3 tablespoons minced scallions
1/2 ripe avocado (cubed)
3 to 4 tablespoons toasted sunflower seeds

Trim the ends from the radish and thinly slice either with a mandoline or a knife. Place in a jar along with the mustard seeds. Combine the vinegar with the water, cane sugar, and salt in a pot. Bring to a boil and pour over the radish. Let sit for at least an hour before using.
Right before assembling the salad, combine the avocado, yogurt, lemon juice, scallion, olive oil, and salt in a blender. Puree until smooth, adding a bit of water as needed to thin the dressing.
When ready to assemble the salad, cut the head of romaine lettuce into quarters. Measure about ¼ cup of the pickled radish and roughly chop into small pieces (see note). Combine wit the mince scallion and cubed avocado. Sprinkle over the lettuce along with the sunflower seeds. Drizzle with dressing and serve with a side of the extra dressing.

Notes

Tips + Tricks: I like to use thinly sliced radish for sandwiches and grain bowls but if you're just using the radish for this recipe, you could cut the radish into small cubes (so you wouldn't have to chop after pickling!)

Use up leftover ingredients: radish, yogurt, sunflower seeds

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time :10

Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad

variations

Carrots: Add carrots to the radish mix for a variation of the pickled vegetable.

Grains: Add 1 cup cooked quinoa or bulgur to the scallion/pickled radish mix before topping the salad. You could also serve this salad as a chopped salad instead- which would help showcase the grains.

Cheese: This salad would be delicious with a sprinkle of crumbled feta.

Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad with Pickled Radish with Sunflower Seeds | Naturally Ella

Disclosure: This recipe was created in partnership with California Avocado. All thoughts and opinions are my own. It’s content like this that helps me keep this site running to provide the vegetarian recipes you see every week.

One comment on “Avocado Romaine Wedge Salad with Pickled Radish”

Sabrina says:

03.29.18 at 5:39 pm

avocados are one of my regular ingredients in recipes that I haven't managed to innovate in any way, they're fine but i'd like something new, so thank you for this very innovative avocado based or mostly based recipe, love the pickled radishes too, I'm very impressed with the creativity in all of the recipes here

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