Starters & Light meals

Cos, avocado and feta salad

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4
Easy
15 minutes
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Hidden Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2010

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Ingredients

Method
  • 1 large, perfectly ripe avocado
  • 2-4 cos lettuces (depending on size)
  • For the dressing, blend together:
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 T white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 t Dijon mustard
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 200 g feta

Roughly break up the feta. Peel and slice the avocado. Place on serving plates. Pour over the dressing and leave to marinate. Before serving, add the lettuce leaves. Check seasoning.

Cook’s note: Use white-wine vinegar instead of balsamic and add a touch of honey.

Per serving: 1703.3 kJ, 9.6 g protein, 40.7 g fat, 2 g carbs

TASTE’s take:
A good combination of ingredients for a made-in-minutes salad.

Phillippa Cheifitz

Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz

Regular TASTE contributor Phillippa is a well-known South African author and food writer, and has won many awards, both for her magazine features and her cookbooks.

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