Super chunky guacamole salad with avocado, tomatoes and a lime dressing. Serve as a healthy side or top with grilled protein for a meal-sized salad.
Let me start by saying that I love love love guacamole. The one thing I don’t love is eating a bazillion chips. Okay, I do actually enjoy eating a bazillion chips, but usually I feel blah if I eat too many. And let’s be honest, it’s insanely difficult to stop eating chips once you start.
That’s where this deconstructed guacamole salad comes in. There are no chips needed so you can feel good about eating it any time you please and don’t have to worry about getting caught in a can’t stop, won’t stop moment with those tortilla chips.
Guacamole Salad Ingredients
Of course, this deconstructed guacamole has similar ingredients to traditional guac, but we’re keeping everything in chunks instead of mashing it all together so it’s easier to eat with a fork and feels more like a traditional salad than a dip.
avocados
cilantro
red onion
roma tomatoes
lime dressing
Don’t Skip the Lime Dressing
I must say… the lime dressing totally makes this salad! It adds the citrus, salty component that all good guacamole has and makes the salad insanely delicious. I could literally eat it every day. If only I had an endless supply of avocados. Here’s what you need:
olive oil
lime juice
maple syrup
garlic clove
sea salt
How to Make Guacamole Salad
Make dressing – Place all ingredients for the dressing in a small jar. Shake or stir until everything is combined. Add salt to taste.
Mix salad – Chop all of your salad ingredients and add to a large bowl. Top with the dressing, toss salad and enjoy!
How to Serve Guacamole Salad
This salad is great as a healthy appetizer or side dish with a Mexican-themed meal. It can also work as a healthy lunch/dinner entrée when paired with a protein like grilled chicken, shrimp, tofu or tempeh. I bet it would be delicious served with these sheet pan shrimp fajitas.
If you try this deconstructed guacamole salad, please be sure to leave a comment and star rating below. Your feedback is so helpful for the EBF team and other EBF readers.
Super chunky deconstructed guacamole salad with avocado, tomatoes and a lime dressing. Serve as a healthy side or top with grilled protein for a meal-sized salad.
Ingredients
2 avocados, chopped
¼ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup sliced red onion
4 roma tomatoes, chopped
Lime Dressing
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 clove garlic, minced
¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
Make dressing: Place all ingredients for the dressing in a small jar. Shake or stir until everything is combined. Add salt to taste.
Mix salad: Chop all of your salad ingredients and add to a large bowl. Top with the dressing, toss salad and enjoy!
Category:Salad
Method:No Cook
Cuisine:Mexican
Nutrition
Serving Size:1 salad
Calories:206
Sugar:4g
Sodium:157mg
Fat:18g
Saturated Fat:3g
Unsaturated Fat:14g
Trans Fat:0g
Carbohydrates:13g
Fiber:7g
Protein:3g
Cholesterol:0mg
Keywords: guacamole salad
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Delicious, delightful. Fresh!
It’s great for a warm summer night meal.
The best part is the lime dressing. It just perks everything up.
Our family has made it 3x in a row. None left over every time. Served as a side dish/salad with grilled marinated chicken and grilled marinated flank steak with chimichurri sauce.
Try it. Your guests will ask for the recipe (ours did!).
An avocado is not just an avocado. There are the 2/$1 size and there is the $2 size. It would be helpful to state a size. I’m all for avocado so a couple of large ones work fine for me but make a considerable difference in calories.
Making this tonight! The yield says 42 but I assume this means 4 servings…. I could actually eat two whole avocados in one day, but I know I shouldn’t!
I think you may have stumbled upon the most uniformly colored, perfect avocados ever, Brittany! I feel like all the avocados I’ve gotten in the past year are no better than decent — weird little brown veins in them or kinda water-logged or just not CREAMY, you know? Lemme tell you, if I get a pretty gem like this guy, he’ll definitely be showcased in this salad. So pretty!
A perfect salad!
You could always crumble one or two chips on the top as the “crouton,” just to give it a bit of crunch and saltiness…but then you would have to refrain from reaching more out of the bag 😉
Looks like this turned out really well! I’ve been enjoying guac toast since your recommendation and will give this a shot next. The dressing seems fantastic and a perfect fit.
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amazing recipe, i love mexican food
Great share! Thank you for the post.
Delicious, delightful. Fresh!
It’s great for a warm summer night meal.
The best part is the lime dressing. It just perks everything up.
Our family has made it 3x in a row. None left over every time. Served as a side dish/salad with grilled marinated chicken and grilled marinated flank steak with chimichurri sauce.
Try it. Your guests will ask for the recipe (ours did!).
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An avocado is not just an avocado. There are the 2/$1 size and there is the $2 size. It would be helpful to state a size. I’m all for avocado so a couple of large ones work fine for me but make a considerable difference in calories.
For this recipe I used medium/large avocados. I’ve never seen 2/$1 avocados! 🙂
How is it only 216 calories if there are two avocados? Is the serving size for half?
The recipe serves 4. 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your helpful information. It’s very unique post
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Awesome write-up! Great share. Thank you for the post.
Making this tonight! The yield says 42 but I assume this means 4 servings…. I could actually eat two whole avocados in one day, but I know I shouldn’t!
Yes! That was a typo. It’s 4 servings. Thanks for catching that. I hope you enjoyed it. 🙂
This looks amazing! What a great idea, I’ll definitely be making this with some grilled chicken soon. Do you add additional cilantro in the dressing?
This sounds really good! Just wondering why the Cilantro Lime dressing doesn’t have cilantro? 😉
Good catch. The cilantro is in the salad, not the dressing. Just updated the title. 🙂
I like Guacamole with a warm roti or Paratha. Excellent combination.
I learn so much from you as well! Thank you so much for sharing your helpful information.
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I think you may have stumbled upon the most uniformly colored, perfect avocados ever, Brittany! I feel like all the avocados I’ve gotten in the past year are no better than decent — weird little brown veins in them or kinda water-logged or just not CREAMY, you know? Lemme tell you, if I get a pretty gem like this guy, he’ll definitely be showcased in this salad. So pretty!
I feel your pain. This avocado was one of the best I’ve gotten this year! 🙂
yummy looks delicious 😀
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I absolutely love guacamole and this salad looks top notch!!
I love avocado in salad, this looks delicious!
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Mmm this looks yummy! I’m obsessed with guacamole!
A perfect salad!
You could always crumble one or two chips on the top as the “crouton,” just to give it a bit of crunch and saltiness…but then you would have to refrain from reaching more out of the bag 😉
Looks like this turned out really well! I’ve been enjoying guac toast since your recommendation and will give this a shot next. The dressing seems fantastic and a perfect fit.