Watercress Avocado Salad

Today, a recipe from the website, Watercress Avocado Salad. It is quick and easy to make and remarkably delicious. Here's what you'll need to make this dish:

Ingredients (serves 2)

3 bunches watercress, cut into bite size lengths

1 firm ripe avocado, cut into chunks

1 tablespoon sweet onion, grated

1/2 peeled apple, grated

1/4 cup sushi vinegar

2 teaspoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation

1.       Make a dressing by mixing sweet onion, apple, vinegar, soy sauce and oil.

2.      Just before serving, toss watercress and avocado with enough dressing to coat.

Enjoy!

How to eat watercress

At watercress central (here), we think you can eat watercress any way you want to. Huffington Post, however, has some pretty great suggestions. Here's just one, but the link below takes you to the other fantastic ideas. It was hard to choose just one they all look so delicious:

Tomato, Watercress and Mozzarella Salad
Serves 4

1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 English cucumber
1 ball mozzarella, Claudio’s if possible
1 head watercress
¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
vinaigrette (see below)

Halve the cherry tomatoes and place in large bowl. Remove stem and seeds from peppers and chop into small dice. Dice the cucumbers finely as well and add to bowl with the tomatoes. Cut the ball of mozzarella into large pieces and add to the bowl. Add the watercress and pine nuts to the bowl and toss lightly with the Basil-shallot vinaigrette.

Basil-Shallot Vinaigrette
Yield = ½ cup

4 teaspoons sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 small bunch basil, finely chopped (1/4 cup)

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, shallots, mustard, sugar and salt. Let mixture macerate for 20 minutes. Slowly drizzle in olive oil, whisking constantly until emulsified. Add the basil, whisk, taste, add more salt and pepper if necessary. Set aside. The original recipe was provided by Alexandra's Kitchen: http://www.alexandracooks.com/2007/06/19/tomato-watercress-and-mozzarella-salad/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/09/watercress-recipes-soup-salad_n_3006513.html

Quick Watercress Salad

This recipe comes right from the website: http://watercress.com/watercressrecipes.aspx

What you'll need:
I bag of B&W Growers Watercress

For dressing:
1 tsp mixed peppercorn
1 tsp mustard seed (I only had mustard powder, a fine substitute)
1 garlic clove, crushed
3 T olive oil
1 T balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
mortar and pestle to mix dressing ingredients

Preparation
Freshen watercress in chilled water, about 10 minutes.
Use a mortar and pestle to mix and crush dressing ingredients together.
Drain, shake dry watercress. Add dressing. Toss. Serve.

This is so delicious I couldn't stop eating it out of the serving bowl. Serves 4, but I almost ate the whole thing.

Watercress, Grapefruit, and Blueberry Salad

Truly a refreshing salad idea. Here's what you'll need to assemble this superfood treat super fast:


1 bunch of B&W Quality Growers watercress

Pink grapefruit segments from one grapefruit

2 small tomatoes, cut into fourths

A handful of blueberries

Almonds and cashews to your taste

Salad dressing of choice, I used a homemade combination of stadium mustard, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, and onion powder. Then shake to serve.


Assemble above ingredients and ENJOY!