grapefruit and avacado salad with lime vinaigrette

i LOVE salads... so much so that i bring one EVERY day to work, i swear (well not tomorrow since i used up all my greens for THIS awesome salad... so tomato soup it is). thus, i needed to expand and try a new salad with two, no three of my favorite ingredients: grapefruit, avacado and LIME!!!

it goes something like this:

for the lime vinaigrette:

• 1/4 c. freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 tbsp. liquid honey
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 tsp dry mustard
• 2 tbsp or 1/4 c. splenda/sugar (the original recipe calls for 1/4 c. sugar- i felt like that was TOO much, so next time i will try for just 2 tbsp and i might try splenda to cut the sugar/cals)
• 1/4-1/2 c. vegetable oil (the original recipe calls for 1/2 c. - also a lot.. your call)
• salt and pepper freshly ground

soooo blend lime juice and honey in blender and add pepper flakes, dry mustard and sugar. WHIRL. slowly pour in oil. WHIRL until throughly blended. add salt and pepper to taste. set aside in fridge until ready to use.

the salad:

• 1 head red leaf lettuce or 10 c. mixed greens
• 1-2 avacados (depending on your love, original recipe calls for 2)
• 1-2 large red grapefruit(s) (depending on your love, original recipe calls for 1) peeled and pith removed, sliced crosswise into 1/4" pieces

soooo, i followed the original recipe and felt that the dressing was too heavy and too sweet... also, i needed more grapefruit and maybe less avacado... so next time i am going to cut the sugar in 1/2, possible the oil too (tbd) and swap the avacado:grapefruit ratio. you can never have to much grapefruit.

the from the best of bridge cook book says it goes nice with fish/fowl... lucky for us, we had salmon! ENJOY!