Avocado Grapefruit Salad (for one)

Ingredients

Scroll down to the avocado grapefruit salad recipe card for the amounts of each ingredient, but here's a quick description of what's in this recipe.

• Baby spinach/kale mix: tender baby spinach and/or baby kale go well in this salad, but you can honestly use whatever greens you have on hand.
• Grapefruit
• Avocado
• Pistachios: chopped pistachios go great with avocado, grapefruit, and spinach. But you can use chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds, cashews, etc.
• Hemp hearts: hemp hearts add a nice texture to this easy grapefruit salad, you can swap them for another seed, or skip them.
• Olive oil
• White balsamic vinegar: this is mild-er than regular balsamic vinegar, which is nice on this light, refreshing salad. But you can use red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, or whatever you have on hand.
• Orange juice: just a bit of orange juice adds some nice sweetness to this dressing. You can swap it for grapefruit or lemon juice, you may want to add a tiny bit of sugar to sweeten it up, if you'd like.

Instructions

Scroll down to the recipe card for more detailed instructions. Here's a quick overview + photos to see how to make this recipe in general.

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.

Serve with

To make your grapefruit salad a full meal, add edamame, tofu, pork, ham, or salmon to it and serve with crusty bread.

• Panko Tofu (just make the tofu and serve with your salad)
• Baked Panko Chicken
• Air Fryer Salmon
• Baked Salmon in 'a Bag'

Storage Tips

Store leftover salad ingredients and dressing separately for best results. Since the salad ingredients are tender, they will wilt if stored after being dressed. You can store leftover produce in airtight containers in the fridge for about a week.

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 would all be good additions to this grapefruit salad etc.

Other good salad recipes

• Kale Pecan and Apple Salad
• Beet & Arugula Salad
• Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Dressing
• Simple Sauteed Kale Salad
• Watermelon Chicken Salad for One
• Carrot Cucumber Salad for One
• Cucumber Beet Salad with Feta for One
• Mediterranean Grain Bowl
• Copycat Chick Fil A Kale Salad
• 25 Tasty Homemade Salads for One

Repurpose this salad

Serve leftover grapefruit 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?

When you're cooking for one, you often have leftover produce, cans of whatever ingredient, etc. Here are a couple ideas on how to use up the leftover ingredients. It'll help you save money by wasting fewer 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.

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