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Strawberry Avocado Salad

6/27/2021

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My 10 year blogaversary is quickly approaching.  July 20th is the fateful day that I published my very first blog post - in 2011!!!  🙌🏻 For those of you who have followed the blog from the beginning (aka. my mom) - THANK YOU!!!  I know those initial years of blog posts were not very engaging.  I'd go as far as to say that my first attempts at writing a food blog were downright cringeworthy.  Safe to say that it took some time (years, maybe) for me to navigate the world of blogging and find my writing "voice".

No matter how awkward and agonizing the first few years of blog posts might have been, I can never delete the posts because I still reference those recipes.  The quality of the recipes makes up for my poor articulation.😅 Those posts are also the place where I go when I'm feeling nostalgic and I want to see pictures of my kids from ten years ago.  😭
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My very first blog post was a recipe for Shrimp Salad.  The post was a total of 11 sentences and exactly 1 picture of the aforementioned salad. 🍤 I still go back to that post every summer though, because we love that recipe for Shrimp Salad.  I recommend that you check it out if you're looking for a great summer salad recipe.
#Lowqualitywriting-highqualityrecipe.  🤣

I feel like I should have titled this recipe - the evolution of a salad.  It's hard to believe that I started out attaching a single photograph to a recipe.  Now I feel like I've progressed to the opposite end of the spectrum. I include pictures of every single ingredient, pictures of the process and multiple angles of the finished product. 📸(There has to be a happy medium.😅)  As you scroll through this post - you can literally watch the salad come together from beginning to end in pictures.  🥗 This wasn't necessarily planned - but when I have beautiful ingredients like ripe, red strawberries and crisp, green lettuce - I can't help but photograph them.  💁🏻‍♀️
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Strawberry Avocado Salad
Dressing
1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Salad
1/2 red onion, sliced thin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1/2 cucumber
1 cup strawberries, quartered
1 head butter lettuce, torn into pieces
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
2 ripe avocados, sliced thin
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
​1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
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Whisk together dressing ingredients. 
Place onion, sugar, salt and vinegar in a small bowl.  Let sit for 10 minutes.  
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Shave the cucumber with a vegetable peeler.  



​Place lettuce in a bowl.​
Season strawberries with salt and pepper.  
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​Sprinkle red onions on top. 
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​Add cucumbers on top. 




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​Add strawberries to salad.



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Add avocado.
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Add fresh basil.
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Sprinkle with walnuts. 
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​Top with alfalfa sprouts.
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Drizzle with dressing just before serving.  

In my very first blog post, I promised to be honest with my readers.  Being completely transparent isn't always easy - it's hard to admit a failure.  Sometimes it's not a complete disaster either.  Some recipes just needs some tweaking to make them better.  For example, this salad, in my opinion, would be better without the garlic in the dressing.  A minor change to the dressing would really take this from good to great.

Ciao!
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