Avocado & Jicama Salad
"Simple attractive salad. Be sure the Jicama has a tight skin, does not look wrinkled and when you cut into it the flesh is pure white. If you have a couple of days before you want to make this salad choose green avocados place them in a paper bag and put them in a cupboard for 2-3 days and they will ripen perfectly. They are dark green almost black when they are ripe"
photo by Gay Gilmore
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 small jicama (Apprx 1 1/2 cups Jicama sticks)
- 1⁄2 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (I use Lite)
- salt and pepper
- 2 ripe avocados
directions
- Remove the top& bottom of the Jicama and pare off the brown skin.
- Cut into 1/4" slices and then cut into 1/4" strips.
- Chop the onion.
- Whip together the oil& balsamic vinegar, season with salt& pepper to taste Peel the avocado, cut in half lengthwise, remove pit, cover with the lemon juice (do not prepare the avacado until just before serving) Divide the Jicama betwwen 4 plates.
- Place a 1/2 Avocado on top of the Jicama.
- Pour dressing into the Avocado cavity.
- Sprinkle with chopped onion& serve.
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Oh Miss Bergy!! I did make your Avocado & Jicama Salad. My computer crashed and I had to do it by memory. I didn't mess it up except for the small dash of sugar because I had a faulty memory that recalled sugar. Knowing I like the sour more than the sweet kept me from going overboard with it. I will leave that out next time, even though I like it with the sugar. I have really enjoyed getting to know the Jicama flavor and texture. This is a great way to enjoy it. -
I like jicama, but I think this salad taught me that I like avocados slightly more. I think I cut my jicama into too big a slices. Next time I think I will use that one disc from the food processor to get even matchsticks. The dressing is good, and we're messy so I just cut the avocados and mixed the whole salad rather than the assembled instructions. I garnished with coriander flowers because they are in bloom, and I added dash of tobasco, which I liked. Photo to be posted soon, likely by my husband troy. Made this as part of the Bergy Cookathon.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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