Avocado Salad Recipe

Enjoy our Mexican avocado salad recipe prepared with cubed mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, and red onion. It's a delicious summer salad that is quick and easy to prepare. It is lightly dressed with lime juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

📝 Ingredients

• 3 avocados
• 3 limes
• 9 ozs. mozzarella cheese (or queso fresco or panela)
• 1/2 cup cilantro (leaves from about 10 sprigs chopped)
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 red onion
• 3 tbsp. olive oil (extra-virgin)
• 1/2 tsp. salt (+ to taste)
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper (+ to taste)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Prep the Onion ---
2. 2Slice: Thinly slicing the red onion.
3. 3Soak the onion in cold water for 15 minutes to remove the sharpness of the onion.
4. 4--- Prep the Avocado ---
5. 5Slice the avocado in half lengthwise and remove the pit.
6. 6Slice: Hold one half of the avocado in the palm of your hand. Diagonally without cutting through the peel, slice the avocado into 3/8" strips.
7. 7Slice: Then slice avocado diagonally the opposite way without cutting through the peel.
8. 8Scoop: Use a teaspoon to scoop out the cut avocado into a small bowl.
9. 9Squeeze the juice of the lime over the avocado and set aside.
10. 10--- Prep The Remaining Ingredients ---
11. 11Chop the cheese into approximately 3/8" cubes.
12. 12Chop: Remove the cilantro leaves and chop them. You want about 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro.
13. 13Slice the cherry tomatoes in half.
14. 14--- Assemble the Salad ---
15. 15Mix: Add all of the ingredients to your mixing bowl, then very gently stir to mix the ingredients.
16. 16Serve immediately.