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Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

September 14, 2015 Updated on July 7, 2019 By Erin Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links.

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One of my all-time favorite salads is mixed greens or spinach with avocado, blue cheese, and grapefruit. I usually toss a balsamic vinaigrette with it but decided to match the flavors of the grapefruit into this homemade dressing. This simple homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette is sweetened by honey, a perfect balance to the tangy grapefruit essential oil and juice that makes up the acidic part of the dressing.

Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing from RecipesWithEssentialOils.com

Mixing and matching flavors in a salad is a fun game for me. Playing this silly game resulted in this outstanding salad with a homemade grapefruit vinaigrette.

Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

Here’s why it’s perfect:

  • Crisp watercress and spinach.
  • Creamy avocado.
  • Bite-y red onions.
  • Pungent blue cheese.
  • Sweet grapefruit-tinted dressing.

Tossed altogether and you’ve got a perfectly mixed and matched flavor explosion!

Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

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Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: avocado salad, grapefruit vinaigrette
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 1 small bunch watercress
  • 6 oz. bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1 large avocado seeded and diced
  • 1 small red onion thinly sliced
  • 15 oz. can grapefruit segments juices reserved
  • 4 oz. blue cheese crumbles

Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

  • 3 Tbsp grapefruit juice from the can or 3 Tbsp fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 drops Grapefruit Vitality essential oil to taste (where to buy)
  • Pinch of salt and pepper each

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, toss together the watercress and baby spinach. Add the diced avocado, sliced red onion and grapefruit segments. Toss in the blue cheese crumbles.
  • In a resealable glass container, add the grapefruit juice, olive oil, honey and 1 or 2 drops Grapefruit essential oil, to taste. Add a pinch of salt and pepper each. Shake vigorously.
  • Pour the vinaigrette over the salad and toss lightly.
  • Serve Watercress Salad with Avocado, Blue Cheese and Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing.

Nutrition

Serving: 1salad | Calories: 774kcal

It also makes for a perfect mason jar salad recipe to take to work or school! I prep 5 mason jars on Sunday afternoon so that my lunch is ready all week long. Use one recipe like this one or mix & match to keep the variety going.

Avocado & Blue Cheese Watercress Salad with Homemade Grapefruit Vinaigrette Dressing

More essential oil food recipes you might enjoy:

  • Blueberry Cardamom Scones
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  • Lavender Pound Cake
  • Lemon-Lime Guacamole
  • Tarragon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
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