Commander's Palace California Salad With Honey-Yogurt Dressing
"This recipe comes from The Commander's Palace New Orleans Cookbook. This is one of my favorite places to eat. A true dining experience. The salad is easy and quite impressive."
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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Honey-Yogurt Dressing
- 1 pint plain yogurt (I use low-fat)
- 6 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey
- salt
- white pepper
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Salad
- 1 head boston lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 4 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced
- 1 cup grapefruit section
- 1⁄2 cup walnut halves (I use pecans)
- 1⁄4 cup seedless raisin
directions
- Add all the dressing ingredients into blender container.
- Pulse several times or until well blended.
- Mix salad ingredients in a large salad bowl.
- Serve on chilled plates with dressing on the side.
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Reviews
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This was delicious although quite acidic with lemon juice and the grapefruit. I love acidic but for me the ratio was off. I used a Meyer lemon in the salad dressing and a juicy, red grapefruit in the salad. I will make this again and play with the proportions a little. It's good just for me it needs a little fine tuning. Made for Recipe Swap #83 in the Australian forum. -
I didn't enjoy this salad as much as I thought I was going to. I love all the ingredients, it just didn't come together very well. I probably won't attempt to make it again. -
This was a delightful summer salad. I used a Chef John Folse’s plain strained yogurt (local in near N.O., LA). I also used golden raisins that I had on hand. I used the salted/sugar pecans and could not have been more pleased. Like one of the other reviewers I was not sure how the avocados would blend with grapefruit. I was pleasantly surprised. This is definitely a five star keeper.
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I made the dressing to eat with a mango/avocado salad recipe I got on this site. Since I got hungry for a snack after making it, I tossed a cut up apple in it because I overblended and threw a little pumpkin pie spice on it. Really awesome snack and a good way to use extra dressing since I'm the only one in the house that eats light (unfortunately) and I basically have to consume anything I make including fruits and veggies myself. Can't wait to have it on my salad later on, thanks! -
I was a little worried about the dressing as I do not care for yogurt, but it was wonderful...I added mandarin oranges instead of grapefruit...
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Tweaks
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I was a little worried about the dressing as I do not care for yogurt, but it was wonderful...I added mandarin oranges instead of grapefruit...
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The salad is wonderful! I used oranges in place of grapefruit. I also used the dressing on a fruit salad with apples, bananas, oranges, and raisins. Yum!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
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