Kiwi Cucumber Avocado & Apple Salad with Cilantro Dressing

Name: Kiwi Cucumber Avocado & Apple Salad with Cilantro Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped cilantro; 3 cloves garlic; ½ cup avocado oil; ¼ cup lime juice ((1 ½ limes)); 2 tablespoons agave; ¼ teaspoon sea salt; ¼ teaspoon ground pepper; 1 ½ cups salad greens; 2 kiwi fruit, (peeled & sliced); ½ small cucumber, (sliced); ½ small avocado, (sliced); 1 small green apple, (diced); ¼ cup kale sprouts; 2 tablespoons Cilantro Lime & Garlic Salad Dressing

How to make a green salad with fresh winter fruit and veggies using kiwifruit, green apples, and avocado, in a cilantro, garlic, and avocado oil dressing. Pairs well with a SIP Certified Viognier.

Instructions

Cilantro Lime & Garlic Salad Dressing

Add 1 cup chopped cilantro to a food processor along with 3 cloves of garlic. I like to add in a bit of the ½ cup avocado oil to get it going. Process until the cilantro and garlic is fairly minced.
Add in the remaining avocado oil and pulse until ingredients are fully minced.
Add ¼ fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons agave syrup (honey also works), ¼ teaspoon sea salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper, and pulse until fully combined.
The dressing should turn a bright yellow when all ingredients are mixed together.

Kiwi Cucumber Avocado & Apple Salad

This is an entree salad.
Add 1 ½ cups salad greens (I like a mix of spinach, baby kale, and baby chard), 2 kiwi fruit (peeled or not), ½ of a small cucumber, ½ of a small avocado, 1 diced green apple, and ¼ cup kale sprouts to a large dinner bowl.
Cover the salad ingredients with 2 tablespoons of the Cilantro Lime & Garlic Salad Dressing.
Enjoy with a SIP Certified Viognier.

Storage Tips:

How to Store Cilantro

Cilantro, and other fresh herbs like it, are best stored like cut flowers. Trim the ends, place the cilantro bunch in a small jar with water covering the ends. Put a bag over the top to protect the leaves. Stored in the fridge this way, it will keep for almost a month.

How to Store Limes

Fresh citrus looks great in a bowl on the counter but it is the worst way to store them. Keep fresh citrus, such as limes, in a loose bag in the fridge. They like it cold. Stored this way, I have had fresh citrus last up to 6 months.

Jerry’s Hacks:

How to Prepare Fresh Herbs

You can quickly and easily prepare herbs using two different methods. It kinds comes down to the herb and how bulky and tough it is. Try both! You can run the stem of the herb through the tongs of a fork to strip them. You can also pull the stem through a hole in a colander.

How to Peel a Garlic Bulb

Peel a whole bulb of garlic quickly by adding it to a pint-sized mason jar. Fasten the lid tightly and shake the hell out of it. The cloves will break free and the shaking method will peel the cloves. You will have to shake it about 10 to 30 seconds.

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