>Apparently there are people in this world who don’t like coriander (cilantro)! If that’s you, you’d best leave now – there’s quite a lot of coriander coming up…
We had our annual family reunion a little while ago. I had been unwell for a couple of months and had lost a lot of weight. Though I felt like a piece of chewed string – I thought I was also looking a bit skinny…. a cousin sent me a photo today…sigh… I need another bout of galloping gutrot, because there is more weight to lose… please… So, salad
Guacamole Salad (What’s not to love?)
Avocado – peeled, stone removed, finely sliced
Tomatoes – sliced and seasoned with salt and freshly ground black pepper (my Great-Aunty Syb would always sprinkle tomatoes with a tiny bit of sugar – nobody ever guessed why her tomato sandwiches were so good – I do it too)
Red capsicum – finely sliced
Cucumber – finely sliced
Red onion – finely sliced
long red chilli – seeds discarded, sliced longways – as finely as possible
Coriander leaves
Build the salad, starting with avocado on the bottom, then top with tomato, capsicum etc – sprinkle coriander leaves as you go
Dressing
1 tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tbsp fresh orange juice
60 ml (1/4 cup) extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp ground cumin
dash of Tabasco
freshly ground black pepper
Shake it all together to dissolve sugar – add more lime juice if necessary.
Spoon the dressing generously over the salad. Feel virtuous as you eat well 🙂