Favorite Italian Green Salad with Avocado
This favorite Marino family salad is made for all occasions, all year around. Simple and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 small head iceberg lettuce torn in bite sized pieces
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 large tomato seeded, diced
- 1 small red onion, chopped fine can substitute sweet onion
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 1/3-1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
Dressing Ingredients
- Juice of one small lemon, or juice of half of large lemon about 1 Tbsp
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil approximately
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar approximately
- 1/2-1 tsp garlic salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper to taste
Instructions
- Squeeze lemon juice into bottom of a large salad bowl. Dice one whole avocado and place in the bottom of the bowl. Stir with a spoon to completely coat with the lemon juice.
- Add the seeded and diced tomatoes, onion, black olives, and a small handful of feta cheese into the salad bowl.
- Put the lettuce on top of the other ingredients. At this point you can put in the refrigerator and hold until ready to serve.
- To dress the salad, drizzle with some -not all- of the olive oil, sprinkle with some of the garlic salt and some fresh black pepper. How much lettuce you have is going to determine how much olive oil you will need. I usually start with around 1/4 cup. Add a few good shakes of red wine vinegar and combine using salad tongs or a couple of large wooden spoons. Make sure the lettuce is coated evenly with the dressing. Taste for seasonings and add more olive oil, seasonings, and/or red wine vinegar if desired.
- Serve with a bit of crumbled feta cheese on top, and some additional black pepper. Mangia!