Avocado.We have such an ambivalent attitude towards this miracle fruit that some people don’t even know whether it is a fruit or a vegetable. Let us dispel your doubts: avocado is a fruit. Avocado grows on a tree, like ordinary apples or pears. However, unlike these familiar fruits, avocado is not like anything else. Its pulp is very oily, the skin is too hard, and the pit is incredibly large. For our cuisine, avocado still remains exotic, and dishes with it have not yet entered our usual diet. Nevertheless, restaurant menus, in which such dishes are present, are gradually migrating to home kitchens. So there was a place for a salad with avocado and cucumber there. And the recipe for this salad is known not even in the only version. It is clear that to prepare such a dish, it is not enough to put avocado and cucumber in the salad, you need to supplement its composition with something. Therefore, we suggest you prepare the salad the way you like it best.

Avocado salad with cucumber and egg

Intending to make an avocado salad withcucumber, of course, you need to buy an avocado. How to choose this fruit correctly? It is sold in stores individually. Therefore, you can safely sort through almost the entire display case, choosing the one you need. Do not take hard fruits: they are tasteless and resemble raw potatoes more than tender oily avocado. When choosing an avocado, just lightly squeeze the fruit with your fingers. If the pulp is squeezed under your fingers, then you can safely buy such a fruit. The color of the avocado does not determine the degree of its ripeness: it can be from yellow-green to brown. So focus only on the softness of the fruit. So, for the avocado salad we will need the following ingredients:

• 2 avocados;
• 1 cucumber (fresh);
• 1 hen's eggs;
• 1 onion;
• 1 bunch of dill;
• 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice;
• Salt and black pepper (at your discretion).

Preparation:Let's put the eggs on to boil and start working with the avocado and vegetables. How to prepare an avocado for a salad? Some people peel it first, then remove the pit, and then cut the flesh. But the avocado flesh is very oily and slippery in the hands. Therefore, it is not always convenient to cut the already peeled fruit. You can do it differently. First, cut the avocado in half: make a transverse cut from the nose down. The knife will hit the pit, then you need to run the knife along the sides of the fruit, cutting it through the "butt" and going around the pit. Then separate the two halves: one will easily separate from the pit, the second will remain with the bean. The pit can be easily removed from this second half if you pry it with a spoon or knife. Now you can cut off the skin, or you can take out the flesh with a spoon and cut it into cubes. By the way, coarsely grated avocado is also suitable for the salad. Let's move on to the vegetables. Peel the cucumber and chop finely, shred the onion and grate the boiled, cooled and peeled eggs. Wash the dill, dry it and chop finely. Then put all the prepared ingredients in a salad bowl, pour lemon juice over it, add mayonnaise, pepper and salt and mix. The salad is ready.

Avocado salad with cucumber and apple

The combination of avocado with cucumber and apple is very interesting. However, this salad is far from dietary due to the presence of eggs in it. Ingredients:

• 2 avocados;
• 2 fresh large cucumbers;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 1 apple (green color);
• 2 garlic cloves;
• Lemon juice (freshly squeezed);
• Olive oil and salt (to your taste).

Preparation:Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit and peel the fruit. Cut the pulp into cubes. Also cut the cucumbers, from which we will also remove the skin beforehand. Peel the apple, which we also cut into cubes. Cool the hard-boiled eggs and chop finely, and press the garlic through a garlic press. Then mix all the prepared ingredients and season the salad with lemon juice and olive oil. Add salt to taste.

Salad with avocado, cucumber and tomato

It is believed that avocados “love” tomatoes very much.That's why the combination of avocado and tomatoes has been elevated to the rank of classics. So why don't we make this salad, adding cucumbers to it? Ingredients:

• 1 avocado;
• 1 cucumber;
• 1 bunch of green salad;
• 2 fresh tomatoes;
• 1 head of red onion;
• 1 lemon;
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• 1 bunch of parsley;
• 1 pinch of sea salt;
• 1 pinch of black pepper.

Preparation:First, wash the lettuce leaves in cold water, dry them and tear them into small "flaps" with your hands. Cut the washed cucumber into circles and the tomatoes into thin slices. Cut the avocado into two halves, remove the pit and cut the pulp into cubes. By the way, here is another way to cut an avocado. Cut the pulp directly in the peel, placing half of the fruit on the palm with the peel down: first along the "cup", and then across. Make cuts by cutting the peel. Then simply take out the pulp with a spoon and put it in a salad bowl. Cut the onion into half rings, which are then doused with boiling water. Then mix the chopped vegetables with the avocado and season the salad with the sauce. To prepare the sauce, pour boiling water over the chopped parsley and leave for three to four minutes, then drain the water. Combine parsley with chopped garlic, olive oil, juice of one lemon, season with freshly ground black pepper and salt, and then grind everything in a blender. The sauce should be in the form of a liquid puree. The dressed salad can be served immediately. If you intend to prepare any salad with avocado, do not forget that it will turn out not only tasty, but also very satisfying. The fact is that avocado in its calorie content and protein content is more like meat than fruit. And even the light composition of the salad with avocado and cucumber does not reduce the calorie content of this dish. Therefore, it is best to serve such a salad not as an appetizer, but as an independent dish (for dinner, for example). In general, the fat content of avocado should not scare you. The fats in it are vegetable, and there are so many minerals and vitamins that eating avocado is recommended for the prevention of many diseases. So, cook and eat salads with avocado, even if you do not belong to the clan of gourmets, but care about your health. Bon appetit and success in the culinary field! We recommend reading:

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