Smoked Salmon and Avocado Salad
Our Smoked Salmon and Avocado Salad makes a perfect light lunch or is also great as a luxurious appetiser for your next dinner party.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time0 minutes mins
Total Time10 minutes mins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Australian
Keyword: avocado, buttermilk dressing, dinner salad, gourmet salad, smoked salmon
Difficulty: Easy
Diet: Gluten free, Keto, Low Carb, nut free, Paleo, Whole30
Servings: 4 as a main
Calories: 221kcal
For the salad…
- 1 small baby cos lettuce approximately 30 grams, 1 ounce
- 1 punnet cukes baby cucumbers (approximately 250 grams, 8.82 ounces)
- 250 grams smoked salmon approximately 8.82 ounces
- 2 small avocados approximately 300 grams, 11 ounces
- 1 eschallot French shallot
- 2 tablespoons dill chopped
For the buttermilk dressing*…
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup spreadable cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon chives
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
Wash baby cos lettuce trim and remove any damaged leaves. Then either pat dry or spin dry in a salad spinner for extra dry leaves.
Arrange on a salad platter.
Wash and trim cukes or cucumbers then with peeler slice into ribbons.
Arrange on top of the lettuce.
Gently tear smoked salmon into bite size pieces and arrange on top of the cucumber ribbons.
Wash avocado, remove the pit and peel and slice then arrange on top of the smoked salmon.
Wash and trim shallot, thinly slice and arrange on top of the avocado.
Wash and trim dill, shake dry and then roughly chop 2 tablespoons.
Season with sea salt and cracked black pepper, drizzle the buttermilk dressing on top, scatter the chopped dill on top to garnish.
Keep chilled until ready to serve.
*This will make one cup of buttermilk dressing, and you will only need a third of a cup for this salad. We have calculated the nutritional information for a third of a cup.
You can use the leftover dressing as an alternative dressing on our Kipfler Potato Salad or in our Canned Salmon Salad.
Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 519mg | Potassium: 631mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 931IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg