Rocio Salad (Beets, Avocado and Feta)

Submitted by januarybride

"This beet, avocado and feta salad is a favorite in our household! It was introduced to us by my friend Rocio - she said that this is a common salad in her country, Chile. Creamy, sweet, salty and crunchy. . try it. . .you'll like it!!!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 heads romaine lettuce, cut into small pieces
• 1 avocado, seeded and cubed
• 1 cooked beet, cubed
• 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1⁄2 cup Italian dressing (we like to use Good Seasonings Italian dressing made with red wine vinegar)
• 1 tablespoon honey

directions

1. Mix your Italian dressing with the honey.
2. Toss the lettuce with the dressing.
3. Top with beets, then avocado, then feta.
4. Garnish with freshly ground black pepper if you wish.

Reviews

[Spencer #2]

What a nice way to use beets and avocados when they are in season. I dressed with a raspberry vinaigrette and skipped the honey. Fresh and tasty!!

 

[Muffin Goddess]

Delicious! I knew I would love this, just because I love avocado, beets and feta anyway. I used golden beets that I roasted myself -- I don't buy red beets very often because they stain everything. My poor avocado was a bit past it's prime, so I'd really like to try this again with a firmer avocado (if it tasted that good with an old avocado, I can only imagine how good it would be with a better one). I only had one head of romaine, but that still made quite a bit of salad. I was eating this for dinner, so I topped it with some grilled chicken strips after I snapped my photo, too (although my poor anemic avocado looks like chicken in the photo anyhow, lol). Since I like to take salads to work for dinner, I'm sure I'll be making this one again. Thanks for posting, JB! :) Made by a fellow Emerald City Shaker for ZWT7

 

[thepurpleturtle]

This was a good salad. I've been on such a beet kick lately, just love beets in salad! I also love feta and avocado so this sounded like the perfect salad for me. Only change I made was to use spinach instead of romaine because it's what I had on hand... and I definitely didn't use full amount of salad that was called for. Today for my lunch I made it again with a balsamic fig dressing and added walnut pieces and green onion. It was great! Made for ZWT7.

 

[cynthia912]

I wasn't sure about beets and avocado together, but we LOVED this salad! Very creamy and yummy!

 

[ellie_]

Very good and different salad which we enjoyed even with my minor variations. I only used 1 head of lettuce (which was more than enough I think), skipped the avocado and used low fat feta and I also skipped the honey. Delicious salad which we enjoyed with fish. Made for Veg n' swap January 2010. Thanks for sharing this keeper which we will have again soon!