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This Mango-cado = mango and avocado salad as a Welcome spring,,,I'm ready to have a little garden and herbs in my back yard and looking forward to warmer weather. Ingredients : - 1 Avocado - 1 mango - 2 strawberry ( cut avocado in half remove the seed and take the avocado meat with the spoon,peel mango and cut in cube,thinly slice strawberry as a topping to add color on the salad,just arrange mango cube and strawberry in the middle part of avocado ) strawberry poppy seeds vinaigrette : - 5 fresh strawberry - 1 tbsp avocado oil - 1 tbsp honey - 1 tbsp wine vinegar - pinch of salt - 1 tsp poppy seeds ( mix all ingredients except poppy seeds and blend it together until well mixed,add poppy seeds,stir and pour into mango-cado salad ) E N J O Y and Have a great weekend everyone,,,

The avocado salad dressing/vinaigrette on this salad is an experiment,but I definitely will make it again,I topping with grilled prawn on the salad as our dinner meals,It was Yummy,if you like avocado I recommended this avocado vinaigrette :) Ingredients : - Asparagus - sweet pepper - English cucumber - cherry tomato - 10  fresh large  prawns ( wash and trim asparagus,boil for few minutes until soft,and transfer to ice cold water to keep a fresh color and set aside,slice cucumber and sweet pepper and cut half cherry tomato,mix them all together in the salad bowl ) grilled prawns : - peel the skin - sprinkle with peppercorn chili oil,salt,pepper and paprika powder - grilled about 3 minutes each side or until color change to pink Avocado vinaigrette : - 1 ripe has avocado - 1 tbsp avocado oil - 1 lemon/zest+ juice - 1/2 tbsp honey - 3 tbsp citrus vitamin water - 1 tsp poppy seeds - pinch of salt ( smash avocado with fork until smooth add the rest of

In my previous post  about a week ago I made peanut sauce for lettuce bowl salad for dinner with friends, and I still have leftover need to use up,so I use them for "salmon tempura salad " as a *tip* you can serve as appetizer menu,,,  Or serve as a dinner meal,,,,add fried tofu or tempeh is best :) Peanut sauce recipe are  Here for the salad you will need : - lettuce - English cucumber/ cut in strip - shredded carrot - thinly slice red onion Salmon tempura : - 1  fresh salmon fillet about 6 oz - canola/vegetable oil for fry - 1 cup tempura batter mix - 3/4 cup ice cold water preparation : Heat vegetable oil in medium high temperature about 350 Degree F cut  fresh salmon fillet into thin strips mix tempura batter mix with ice cold water and stir in mix quickly drop salmon strip into tempura batter mix,fry about 2 minutes each side or until golden brown and crispy drain tempura on paper towel ready to serve as topping into a salad mix

This is one of the menu from our dinner with friends this weekend,is very simple salad with peanut dressing/ Indonesian gado-gado salad dressing. I use butter head lettuce for a bowl of salad,just plate them together with main course meal. You will need : - butter head lettuce - English cucumber/thinly slice - carrot/ shredded - red onion/thinly slice - wonton chips for topping if you like/optional  peanut sauce Ingredients : - 1 1/2 cup roasted peanut - 1 cup coconut milk - 4 garlic - 2 Thai chili - 3 kafir lime leaves - 1/2 cup grated palm sugar - 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil -  salt to taste -  1/4 cup water Preparation : grind garlic and chili,fry with 1 tbs vegetable oil until fragrant,set aside grind  roasted crushed peanut, and combine with coconut milk,whisk them well transfer to a blender and process to a smooth sauce Pour into sauce pan,add very thinly sliced kafir lime leaves,fry garlic and chili,grated palm sugar,salt and water, bring to simmer

To my friend Cindy,,,thanks for the grape fruits,some of them I have for my breakfast and lunch even on the salad and I still have some more :) Because I like to make homemade salad dressing and I always have other type of citrus,so I mix them with orange and kiwi,,,so citrus,,,Love it :) Ingredients : 2 kiwi  ( peeled and cut ) 1 orange ( 3 tbs fresh orange juice + 1/2 tsp orange zest ) 1/2 grape fruits ( juice ) 1 tablespoon lemon juice + 1/2 tsp lemon zest 1 clove garlic 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon avocado oil 1 tablespoon mayonnaisse 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard ( blender all ingredients until combine )

Avocado salad with mango citrus dressing Ingredients: Avocado / cut by two take a seed and scoop with a spoon baby arugula watercress cherry tomato thinly sliced red onion strawberry ( estimates and you can use mix green salad or something else) Mango citrus dressing Ingredients 1 mango juice / 1 orange juice /1 lemon 1 clove garlic 1 tbsp plan yogurt 1 tsp honey pinch of salt 1/2 tsp hot sauce ( any kind/optional ) I used orange habanero sauce ( just blender all ingredients salad dressing until combine )  keep  leftover on the fridge for later,,,,,

Ingredients : 6 pcs scallop baby arugula 2 tbs olive oil  dressing : 2 tbs sesame ginger salad dressing splash of  fish sauce 1 tsp sweet soy sauce 1/2 tsp jalapeno sauce pinch of black pepper ( whisk all together ) Preparation : seasoned scallop with salt+black pepper cook in olive oil about 3 minutes each side until golden brown top on arugula and pour  salad dressing on top