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Strawberry Feta Salad with Avocado

This refreshing summer avocado salad can be made ahead for you to enjoy with your main dish. Serve it as a first course, or simply add it to your main course as the salad. Don't forget to by your avocados early so they are fully ripened.

Course Salad
Cuisine American-Greek
Keyword avocado, salad, strawberry
Servings 4
Author Mary Papoulias-Platis

Ingredients

  • 2 cups strawberries, washed and chopped into 1/4 inch pieces.
  • 3 ripe avocados, cut one avocado into 1/4 inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup celery, cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
  • 2 teaspoons fresh mint, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4 around 1/2 cup feta cheese, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • dash of balsamic vinegar

Instructions

  1. Peel and remove the pit of one avocado. Cut into 1/4 inch pieces and place in a medium bowl.

  2. Wash and cut the strawberries into 1/4 inch pieces and add to the bowl with the avocado.

  3. To the bowl, add the celery, mint, walnuts, lemon juice, olive oil, feta and salt.

  4. To prepare the whole avocados, slice around with a knife and remove the pits. Fill each avocado half with the strawberry mixture. to keep the avocado from tipping, before filling the avocado, cut a small slice off the bottom.

  5. Optional: Drizzle the avocados with balsamic vinegar.