Avocado-Mango Salad

This simple salad of sliced mangoes and avocado is ridiculously easy, but absolutely perfect!  Sweet mangoes, creamy avocado,  tart lime juice and plenty of fresh ground black pepper create a salad that is vegan, gluten free, paleo and absolutely delicious!

Simple Healthy Salads

Are you looking for a simple, healthy side dish salad?  Well, you have come to the right place.  I am all about simple and healthy.

Don't be fooled by how simple this recipe is, it's so good!  People will ask you what you did.  How did you make it.  You will not believe how just a few simple ingredients, tossed together in just a few minutes can make something so delicious!

Ingredients for this Easy Avocado Mango Salad

• Lettuce leaves - primarily for presentation, though we usually eat them too.
• Avocado - you want an avocado that's a little more firm so that you can neatly and thinly slice it.
• Mango - find a slightly firm mango if you can.
• Red onion - Optional - Raw or Quick Pickled Red Onions
• Limes
• Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

How to Make this Easy Side Dish Salad

This salad is so easy to make!

• Place the lettuce leaves on four plates.
• Peel and pit a firm avocado and thinly slice.
• Peel and thinly slice a firm mango.
• Thinly slice a red onion or use Quick Pickled Red Onions.
• Place the mango slices, avocado slices, and onion slices on top of the lettuce, alternating them.
• Cut a lime into quarters and squeeze a wedge over each salad.
• Sprinkle with salt and fresh ground black pepper.

I found this in  So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week.   This is what it’s all about, fresh eating made so simple.  This was fantastic.

Who knew that all you had to do with mango and avocado was slice them, squeeze a little lime on top, salt and pepper and you had one of the best salads you’d ever eaten!

I would love it if you would let me know if you make this salad!  You can find me at Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook

More mango and avocado recipes that you might like:

• Apple and Avocado Salad
• Three Fruit Salsa
• Mango Vinegar

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Avocado-Mango Salad

Don't let the simplicity of this salad fool you, everyone loves it! 

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 129kcal

Ingredients

• 4 leaves Bibb lettuce or butter lettuce
• 1 avocado pitted, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick
• 1 mango pitted, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick
• ¼ red onion optional, very thinly sliced into rounds
• 4 lime wedges
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

• Place the lettuce on each serving plate.  Arrange 4 to 5 slices each of avocado and mango, alternating them in a row, onto each lettuce cup.  Top each with a few onion rounds and then squeeze a lime wedge over each salad.  Season with salt and pepper and serve.
• Arrange 4 to 5 slices each of avocado and mango, alternating them in a row, onto each lettuce cup.
• Top each with a few onion rounds and then squeeze a lime wedge over each salad. 
• Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Notes

• Lettuce leaves - primarily for presentation, though we usually eat them too.
• Avocado - you want an avocado that's a little more firm so that you can neatly and thinly slice it.
• Mango - find a slightly firm mango if you can.
• Red onion - Optional - Raw or Quick Pickled Red Onions

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 427mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1050IU | Vitamin C: 40.6mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.9mg

This post was originally published in 2014 and has been updated for 2019.