Dieting Plans

Low Carb Diet and Atkins Recipes

9/16/2011

Atkins Hass Avocado-Cucumber Lemon-Cumin Salad

  • Serves: 4
  • Calories: 253
  • Net Carbs: 6.0 g
  • Protein: 2.5 g
  • Fat: 24.0 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

  • 1 tsp toasted ground cumin
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 5 tbsp+1 tsp (or 1/3 cup or 80ml) olive oil
  • salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients B:

  • 6 cups salad greens (you can mix)
  • 1 Haas avocado (diced)
  • 1 Japanese cucumber (diced)
  • 6 cherry tomatoes (chopped)
  • 2 tbsp chopped red onion

Directions

  • Toast cumin seeds over low heat in a small dry skillet until fragrant, stir regularly to avoid burn. Then grind to get 1 tsp ground cumin.
  • Mix lemon juice, cumin, salt & pepper in a bowl, slowly add in the olive oil and whisk till well blended to make salad dressing.
  • Put salad greens from ingredients B in a large salad bowl and toss with 1/4 cup of the salad dressing.
  • In another bowl, put in the remaining ingredients B and toss with the remaining dressing.
  • For serving, place salad greens at the bottom of the dish and top with avocado mixture salad.

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