Hearts of Palm Salad with Avocado

Hearts of Palm salad with avocado and butter lettuce and sided with your favorite protein makes for an easy weeknight dinner.

Course Salads, Salad Dressings and Vinaigrettes

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings

Calories 239kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

¼ cup Pecans chopped and toasted
1 clove garlic fine chopped or pressed through a garlic pressw
3 tablespoons olive oil
5 ounces butterhead lettuce leaves torn
1 avocado halved, pitted, peeled, and cubed
¼ small red onion thinly sliced
14 ounces Hearts of palm drained and thinly sliced on the bias
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Toast the pecans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the pecans on a sheet pan. Bake for about 5 minutes to toast. Watch them closely so they don't burn.
Place crushed garlic into a wooden salad bowl and rub it onto the sides and bottom. Add the olive oil to the bowl.
Place the salad greens, onion, hearts of palm and cubed avocado in the salad bowl. Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper and toss until everything is well coated with the oil and lemon juice.

Notes

Can I Make This Ahead? Once the salad is dressed with an acid, in this case lemon juice, the juice will start to break down the salad, causing the lettuce to wilt and become soggy. This recipe is better made just before serving.

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