AVOCADO AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

WITH PINE NUT DRESSING

 

INGREDIENTS

Dressing:

3 Tbsp. Fresh Grapefruit Juice

1/4 C. Azar^Ò Pine Nuts, toasted lightly

2 tsp. White-Wine Vinegar

Salt and Pepper to taste

1/3 C. Olive Oil, or to taste 

 

Salad:

3 Ripe Avocados

6 C. Loosely packed Spinach Leaves removed from the stems (about 1 pound with the stems), washed well and spun dry

3 Grapefruits, rind and pit cut away with a serrated knife and the Grapefruits cut into sections

4 Slices of Lean Bacon, cooked until crisp

 

DIRECTIONS

To make the dressing:  In a blender blend together the grapefruit juice, the pine nuts, the vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste until the mixture is smooth.  With the motor running add the oil in a stream, and blend the dressing until it is emulsified. 

For the salad:  peel and pit the avocados and cut them into wedges.  Divide the spinach among 6 salad plates, arrange the avocado wedges and the grapefruit sections decoratively on top, and drizzle each salad with some of the dressing.  Crumble the bacon on top of the salads. 

 

Serves 6.