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A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum!

A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

With summertime in full swing, there is nothing like a fresh salad. It’s light, refreshing, and it just tastes good. Plus, in the summer months, many of the ingredients are also in season.

I’ve always loved the idea of using homegrown fruits and veggies. They’re juicier, sweeter, and they just taste better. When you use them in a dish, you almost want to say, “I made this! I seriously made it!”

I’d love to say that we make Avocado Mediterranean Salad with our own fruits and vegetables, but I’m still working on that green thumb. Between busy days with kids and time with family and friends, growing my own food falls to the bottom of the list. Maybe we’ll make an edible garden next year. Until then, this salad still tastes great with ingredients from the grocery store.

A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

If you love tomatoes and cucumbers, you’ll love this salad. It has everything you love about a classic tomato and cucumber salad, plus one special ingredient, avocados.

Avocados are truly amazing. Whether they’re diced in a salad, puréed in a pasta sauce, or baked in a cake, avocados always add a creamy, velvety texture. Plus, they’re super healthy. Rich in fiber, vitamins, and nutrients, avocados are one super fruit.

In Avocado Mediterranean Salad, avocados add a rich, creamy texture. They perfectly complement the juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and zesty lemon dressing. Yum!

A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

Sometimes the dressing makes the salad, like with French Salad, Creamy Greek Salad, and Creamy Balsamic Salad. With Avocado Mediterranean Salad, the dressing is the icing on the cake.

The lemon dressing is light and zesty. It adds a fresh flavour that highlights the other ingredients, without overpowering them. Best of all, it’s fat-free.

That’s right, this dressing is made without any oil or cream. It’s simply a combination of lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and garlic powder. At first, it tastes like a light lemon sauce. When it’s mixed with the salad, it becomes even more.

When the natural juices from the fruit and veggies combine with the dressing, they create a sweet and zesty dressing. Bite after bite, the salad has a refreshing, light, and summery flavour.

No one will miss the oil in this dressing. Avocados add all the richness you’ll need.

A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

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Avocado Mediterranean Salad

Give your classic Mediterranean Salad a boost of flavour with diced avocados and a light lemon dressing. Adding a creamy, dreamy texture, avocados make this salad into a refreshing treat, any day of the year.

  • Author: Jessica
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients

  • MEDITERRANEAN SALAD INGREDIENTS:
  • 4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 English cucumber, chopped
  • 1/4 red onion, chopped
  • 2 avocados, diced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
  • LEMON DRESSING INGREDIENTS:
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, Dijon mustard, salt, garlic and pepper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumber, onion and parsley. Mix well. Toss with lemon dressing. Add in avocados and gently toss.
  3. Plate and enjoy!

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Fiesta Corn Salad

Fiesta Corn Salad

Creamy Balsamic Garden Salad

Creamy Balsamic Garden Salad

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A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

A simple and tasty salad that can be served with any meal! Avocado Mediterranean Salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, avocados, and a zesty lemon dressing. Yum! | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | Healthy Bowl Clean Eating Dinners | Healthy and Easy Salad for Lunch | Potluck Salad Bowls | Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing | #salad #dinner #lunch #summerrecipe #recipe | thishappymommy.com

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  2. Kerryanne

    This looks like my kind of salad for any time of the year Jessica. Thank you for sharing at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring your recipe at tonight’s party and pinning too!

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  3. Roseann Hampton

    Love how delicious and healthy this is! It will be my feature this Saturday at the Snickerdoodle Create Bake & Make Party! Stop by to check it out! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life

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  7. marilyn1998

    Congratulations! Your post was my feature pick at #OverTheMoon this week. Each Hostess displays their own features so be sure to visit me on Sunday evening and to see your feature! I invite you to leave more links to be shared and commented upon. Please don’t forget to add your link numbers or post title so we can be sure to visit!

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  12. Amy

    This salad looks fabulous. I just love salads – I think that it is one of the many reasons that I love summer so much. I also love that this salad is different from all of the other salads. Thank you for sharing at Sugar and Spice.

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  16. LINDA

    Yum. Hi, love your post. I have a new blog party and would like to invite you to come share this on the CLASSY FLAMINGOS BLOG PARTY held each Tuesday evening thru Friday. You’ll get large picture exposure and shout outs on all of my social media sites. You may get PINKED and you’ll get even more exposure! I hope you’ll come by. poinsettiadr.com

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  21. jenniferwise4heritagemakers

    All my favorite things in one place! And I love Mediterranean food, too. Looks delicious.
    #shareyourcuplinky

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  24. XmasDolly

    Oh my goodness, this looks deeeeeeeeeeeelicious! I loves avocado and the cook doesn’t get hot and either does the assistant! WOO HOO! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Jessica

      Thanks! There’s nothing like a refreshing salad in the summertime. Hope you enjoy Avocado Mediterranean Salad.

      Reply

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