This easy and flavor packed avocado and grapefruit salad over winter greens is the perfect light salad for a quick side salad or dinner. Add some edamame, ham, or salmon to make it a full meal.
[This recipe was originally posted in February 2019. It has been updated with new cooking instructions, expert tips, FAQ, related recipes, and ways to repurpose/use up ingredients]
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How will this grapefruit avocado salad make your life easier?
I like to rely on pantry staples in my salads, like this grapefruit salad. Nuts, seeds, crunchies, and vinegars that I have on hand. Homemade salads can have a bad rap, because they can be BORING, but with crunchies and a good dressing, it won't be.
Here are a few other super easy salad recipes Kale Pecan and Apple Salad, Beet & Arugula Salad, Summer Berry Salad, Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Dressing, and this Simple Sauteed Kale Salad.
What makes this salad so good?
- Baby spinach/kale mix
- Grapefruit
- Avocado
- Pistachios
- Hemp hearts
- Olive oil
- White balsamic vinegar
- Orange juice
How to make grapefruit salad.
Slice and peel grapefruit. Slice avocado in half, then remove pit.
Make parallel slices in both sides of avocado, then slide spoon between skin and avocado to remove from avocado skin. Place avocado and grapefruit sections on top of greens. Add hemp hearts and chopped pistachios to salad.
Make dressing by adding orange juice, olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, and a pinch of salt to the salad. Then pour over veggies.
To make your grapefruit salad a full meal, add edamame, tofu, pork, ham, or salmon to it and serve with crusty bread.
Substitutions/Tips
- Slice grapefruit however you feel comfortable. Use whatever greens you have on hand, it's great on lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, etc.
- Swap out hemp hearts for chia seeds or other seeds, same with pistachios-they can be swapped for other nuts.
- Use fresh or concentrate orange or mandarin orange juice because they're sweeter than grapefruit juice.
- Other great add-ins: bulgur or barley, croutons, sunflower seeds, other citrus, etc.
FAQ
According to the Vegetarian Flavor Bible, grapefruit goes well with avocados, ginger, honey, salads, yogurt, and many other foods/flavorings. It's great in this grapefruit salad with avocado, pistachios, and orange juice dressing, for example.
I learned from my grandpa, you peel the outside like an orange, then grab a knife and slice the membrane (the one where the seeds grow) of each section. Peel back each membrane and place in a bowl.
I like to quarter the grapefruit, then peel the pith away. Remove as much as you feel you need to get the sweetness you want. Now it's ready to add to your salad.
How can I repurpose?
Serve your salad over hearty grains like bulgur or barley and enjoy as a grain bowl. Or add different proteins to it.
What can I make with leftover ingredients?
- Spinach/greens: Kale Pecan and Apple Salad, Beet & Arugula Salad, Summer Berry Salad, Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Dressing, and this Simple Sauteed Kale Salad
- Avocado: Add it to this Breakfast Casserole, these Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches, Veggie Burrito Bowl with Queso, Breakfast Tacos, or Microwave Egg Bowl.
- Grapefruit: Eat plain, add to any salad, or roast it.
- Orange juice: Add orange slices to this Sparkling Cider Mocktail, Mimosa Mocktail, in the whipped cream for this Gingerbread Pound Cake, or Mandarin Orange Spinach Salad.
Did you make this grapefruit salad? Leave me a comment & rating to share how it turned out!
Easy Grapefruit Salad
Equipment
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- knife
- cutting board
- tongs
- whisk
Ingredients
- 2 cups baby spinach/kale mix
- 1 whole grapefruit, sectioned and peeled
- ½ medium avocado sliced
- 1 tablespoon pistachios
- 1 teaspoon hemp hearts
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon white balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- pinch salt
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Slice and peel 1 whole grapefruit. Slice 1 whole avocado in half, then remove pit.
- Make parallel slices in both sides of avocado, then slide spoon between skin and avocado to remove from avocado skin. Place avocado and grapefruit sections on top of 2 c greens.
- Add 1 teaspoon hemp hearts and 1 T chopped pistachios to salad.
- Make dressing by adding 2 teaspoon orange juice, 2 teaspoon olive oil, ½ teaspoon white balsamic vinegar, and a pinch of salt to the salad. Then pour over veggies.
- To make it a full meal, add edamame, tofu, pork, ham, or salmon to salad and serve with crusty bread.
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Notes
- Slice grapefruit however you feel comfortable. Use whatever greens you have on hand, it's great on lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, etc.
- Swap out hemp hearts for chia seeds or other seeds, same with pistachios-they can be swapped for other nuts.
- Use fresh or concentrate orange or mandarin orange juice because they're sweeter than grapefruit juice.
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Tracy says
What a great salad! So beautiful, simple, fresh, yet delicious.
Rebecca says
thanks!
Stephanie says
This salad sounds absolutely delicious. I love all the ingredients in this and it sounds like they all pair nicely together. Can't wait to try it.
Rebecca says
thanks! me too, it's delicious
Helen of Fuss Free Flavours says
What a lovely memory of your Grandpa.
This is a delicious sounding salad, and I love the colours. A really tasty combination of flavours and textures. I have found that putting citrus fruit in hot water for a few minutes helps when it comes to taking off the pith.
Rebecca says
thanks so much! and ohh that's a great tip for removing the pith-thanks!!
Tawnie Kroll says
Love hemp seeds on salads! This looks so refreshing!
Rebecca says
right?! they're the best
Veena Azmanov says
Love the look to this delicious salad.The ingredients to this salad is so full of healthy options. Best for a perfect Dinner.
Rebecca says
thanks!
Jessica Formicolas says
Now this is my kind of salad! I made it with dinner last night and it was devoured quickly!
Rebecca says
yay! glad you liked it! it's soo delicious