Avocado Half Shell Salad with Balsamic Pearls

I wanted to do a quick and easy salad recipe with the avocado that’d been sitting in my fridge for almost a week, and this is the end result, and what I had for lunch today – Avocado Half Shell Salad. I know, a whole avocado all by my lonesome self! The family doesn’t like avocado you see, the heathens!

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Avocado Half Shell Salad
Avocado Half Shell Salad

I love avocado in salads, its creaminess is just perfect both as a foil to the often sharp dressing, as well as a means of filling oneself up without added starch. Not that I believe in a low carb lifestyle, but sometimes, a starchless lunch is just what your body needs.

And that is always the day after I’ve done deadlifts! Deadlifts wipe me out the next day, and sometimes, the day after too. But they are my favourite compound exercise, I get so much out of them, that there is no way I’ll give them up! So because I’m already tired, last thing I need for lunch is some starch to finish me off!

Avocado Half Shell Salad
Avocado Half Shell Salad

So, the conundrum was what to add to the avocado. I resisted strawberries, because I always add them to salads! I was tempted to add some lightly sauteéd prawns (shrimps), but then decided to keep it strictly vegetarian. And went further and left my favourite, favourite mozzarella balls alone in the fridge. Well, they weren’t quite alone, they had some parmesan and ricotta to keep them company.

So today’s Avocado Half Shell Salad is easy. It’s quick, and it’s pretty light. It’s pretty fluid too, in terms of what other vegetables you want to make it with. I kept it simple with just a tomato, a little cucumber and a spring onion (scallion). The dressing was easy too: olive oil, balsamic vinegar and some lemon juice.

Balsamic Vinegar Pearls
Balsamic Vinegar Pearls

What was a little special today, were these Balsamic Pearls that I discovered recently on Ocado, made by the guys at Belazu. They are just so delicious, a little sweeter than balsamic vinegar itself, and as you bite into one, it releases a burst of tangy sweetness and just takes this simple salad onto another level. I’m looking forward to trying it in other recipes too. If you are in the UK, Waitrose stocks them too, and naturally, you should find them elsewhere online easily.

Let’s go have some salad!

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Avocado Half Shell Salad

Avocado Half Shell Salad – a super simple vegan salad, makes the perfect light lunch and takes less than 10 minutes.
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Course: Salad
Keyword: salad
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 208kcal
Author: Azlin Bloor

Ingredients

  • 1 medium tomato
  • 5 slices cucumber
  • 1 spring onion scallion
  • 1 avocado
  • Totally optional – balsamic pearls as garnish

Salad Dressing

  • ½ Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • ½ tsp balsamic vinegar
  • pinch of salt
  • freshly ground black pepper to your liking

Instructions

  • Mix the salad dressing and set aside.
  • Chop up the tomatoes into little cubes and place in a bowl, including any juices.
  • Quarter the cucumber slices, and add to the bowl.
  • Slice the spring onion however you like, and add to the bowl.
  • Halve the avocado, then scoop out the the flesh. Chop out into little cubes, about the same size as the tomatoes. Place the avocado cubes into the bowl too.
  • Drizzle the salad dressing all over and very gently mix everything in, just about 3 turns of your spoon/fork will do. We don't want to mash the avocado.
  • Fill the avocado shells and serve up! For 2!

Nutrition

Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 678mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 732IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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16 thoughts on “Avocado Half Shell Salad with Balsamic Pearls”

  1. David Major

    I saw this on the sidebar, those pearls look really cool. I’ll have to pop down to the local Waitrose for them. Thanks.

  2. Wow, nice presentation! This salad is going to be the star of the dinner table tomorrow. Thank you!

      1. Azlin, it was just so wonderful! Amazingly, my local supermarket sells those balsamic pearls, so I used them too. They and this salad is going to be a regular! Thank you!

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