2 Healthy Salads with Avocado Leaving you Wanting More

February 17, 2019 Healthy Recipes

Move over side salads, these salads are here to satisfy your needs as a whole meal. Now, this doesn’t mean they are packed with more calories than you need. No, these salads certainly mean business but don’t add to your waistline either, they bring a whole new meaning to what it means to order a salad for dinner (or lunch) while giving you a lot of healthy nutrients from avocados.

Honey Mustard Marinated Chicken with Bacon & Avocado Salad

ingredients

for salad:

1/4 cup diced bacon, trimmed of rind and fat

4 cups Romaine lettuce leaves, washed

1 cup sliced grape or cherry tomatoes

1 large avocado, pitted and sliced

1/4 cup corn kernels

1/4 of a red onion, sliced

4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts

marinade:

1/3 cup honey

3 TBS whole grain mustard

2 TBS smooth and mild Dijon mustard

2 TBS olive oil

1-2 TBS Apple cider vinegar

1 tsp minced garlic

Salt to season

instructions

1. Whisk marinade ingredients together to combine. Pour half the marinade into a shallow dish to marinade the chicken fillets for two hours if time allows. Refrigerate the reserved untouched marinade to use as a dressing if desired. If you do not want dressing, then feel free to use all of the marinade for the chicken.
2. Heat a skillet over medium heat with about a tsp of oil and grill chicken breasts on each side until golden and cooked through. Once chicken is cooked, set aside and allow to rest.
3. Wipe pan over with paper towel and fry the bacon until crispy.
4. Slice chicken into strips and prepare salad with the romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocado slices, corn, onions, and chicken.

Salmon and Avocado Caesar Salad

ingredients

salad:

1/2 cup cubed sourdough

2, 5oz fresh salmon fillets, skin off

1 tsp garlic powder

Pinch of salt

Juice of half a lemon

1/4 cup diced bacon

2 eggs, boiled

2 cups lettuce, washed and dried

1 avocado, sliced

½ cup shaved parmesan cheese

dressing:

1/3 cup nonfat Greek-style yogurt

2 anchovy fillets, mashed

1 garlic clove, minced

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to a low broil. Place the cubed bread onto an oven tray; drizzle with olive oil and bake in the oven (on middle shelf) until crispy.
2. Grab the salmon fillets, place them on a plate and rub with the garlic powder and salt.
3. Heat a nonstick pan with a drizzle of olive oil and cook salmon until golden on both sides and cooked to your liking.
4. Remove the salmon and squeeze the lemon juice over each fillet and set aside onto a plate.
5. Add the bacon to the same pan and cook until crispy.
6. While the bacon is cooking, boil your eggs to your liking.
7. To make the dressing combine all of the ingredients into a blender.
8. Taste and see if you want more salt and pepper.
9. Assemble the salad and drizzle the dressing on top.

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2 Healthy Salads with Avocado Leaving you Wanting More

Honey Mustard Marinated Chicken with Bacon & Avocado Salad

Salmon and Avocado Caesar Salad

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