Mango, Avocado & Butter Lettuce Salad

I’m toasting to this new recipe for Champagne Mango, Avocado & Butter Lettuce Salad with Citrus-Poppyseed Dressing.

This quick and easy recipe is made with tender butter lettuce, fresh champagne mango, avocado, toasted almonds and a citrus-poppyseed dressing. 

It’s super-healthy, very low in oil, and is the perfect salad to serve at a brunch, as a side with dinner, or to top with your favorite protein for lunch.

I use butter lettuce (aka boston or bibb), because it’s tender and mild so it goes perfectly with the sweetness of the fruit. To save time, you can buy pre-chopped bagged butter lettuce at the store. However, whole heads of lettuce washed and chopped fresh are always best.

TIP: be sure to always dry your salad greens very well so that the delicious salad dressing sticks!

Lettuce and fruit (yes, avocado is a fruit!)

For the mango I go with the champagne variety (aka at ataulfo mango), which are those little yellow ones you see in the store. If you need another time saver here, you can get pre-sliced mango at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, etc.

The dressing comes together in less than five minutes. In this recipe I use a little minced shallot, dijon to bind and add some tang, honey for a little sweetener, lemon zest to give it some zing, fresh lemon, lime, and orange juices, and just one tablespoon of avocado oil. So it’s very low oil! And of course the poppies.

The dressing can even be made in bulk to enjoy throughout the week. Just store in a jar in the fridge.

Did you know poppyseeds have health benefits?

If you want to vary the salad ingredients, below are a few ideas to mix it up or sub wherever and however you’d like.

Other salad greens to use in place of or mixed with butter lettuce:

Other nuts to use in place of almonds:

Other seeds to use:

Ready to dig in!

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Mango, Avocado & Butter Lettuce Salad

Fresh champagne mango, avocado, butter lettuce, toasted almonds and citrus poppyseed dressing

Course

Brunch, Lunch, Salad

Cuisine

American

Keyword

dairy free, gluten free, grain free, healthy, salads, vegan, vegetables

Servings

Ingredients

Salad ingredients

• 2 cups chopped butter lettuce or boston/bibb lettuce
• 1 mango pitted, peeled and chopped I love the yellow champagne mangos
• 1 avocado pitted, peeled and chopped
• 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds

Dressing ingredients

• 1 tbsp minced shallot
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 2 tsp honey or maple for vegan
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp fresh orange juice
• 1 tbsp avocado oil
• 1 tsp poppyseeds

Course Brunch, Lunch, Salad Cuisine American Keyword dairy free, gluten free, grain free, healthy, salads, vegan, vegetables Servings Ingredients Salad ingredients 2 cups chopped butter lettuce or boston/bibb lettuce 1 mango pitted, peeled and chopped I love the yellow champagne mangos 1 avocado pitted, peeled and chopped 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds Dressing ingredients 1 tbsp minced shallot 1 tsp dijon mustard 2 tsp honey or maple for vegan 1/2 tsp lemon zest 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 1 tbsp fresh orange juice 1 tbsp avocado oil 1 tsp poppyseeds

Instructions

1. in a large bowl combine all salad ingredients
2. in a small bowl whisk dressing ingredients, then season to taste with salt & pepper; alternatively, you can purée dressing (shallot through oil, then stir in poppyseeds)
3. toss salad with desired amount of dressing and serve right away

Recipe Notes

1. recipe makes 2 side servings, or 1 large; dressing yields 1/3 cup
2. see blog post for recipe variations and subs

Original recipe created by Jerran Boyer
www.healthnutchefs.com