Roast Veg salad with Citrus Avocado dressing
In the time of greens and citrus abundance, I thought I would post a recipe for a roast veg salad with a yummy citrus avocado dressing…
Roast your vegies, I use sweet potato, potato, pumpkin, carrot and choko. Roast in the oven at 180 degrees C until soft but not mushy (you may have to add the pumpkin later). Let the roast vegies cool down (in the fridge if you like). Pick your favourite greens, I use a mix of kale, different lettuces, garlic chives, herb robert, dandelion and nasturtiums, and whatever else I can spot that needs picking. I mix the cooled roast veg and the salad greens together in a bowl.
Then I add the citrus avocado dressing. To make the dressing, put 3 small avocadoes or 2 medium to large avocadoes into a blender. Add 1/8 or 1/4 of an onion (depending on the size of the onion), a few cloves of garlic (to taste), 1 tsp sea salt and the juice of a lemon. We happen to have an abundance of grapefruit, so I added the juice of 1/2 a grapefruit. Add water until your blender has around 3 cups worth of liquid and solid in it. Blend on pulse until all the ingredients are mixed. With the grapefruit juice the avocado dressing is a lot more citrussy, but it tastes beautiful with just lemon juice as well! Pour over your salad and enjoy!
Author: Zaia Kendall
Zaia grew up in a family of musicians in Holland, and has a background in top sport (snow skiing) and web development and design. She co-founded the PRI Luganville and PRI Sunshine Coast Inc (now PermEco Inc.) with Tom, and runs the “invisible structures”, like finances, business administration, website design and maintenance, writes articles and records and edits videos. She assists Tom in running the Kendall Permaculture Farm and supervising other volunteers. She is an active member of several musical projects and bands, involved in community music and runs percussion and marimba workshops, is the percussion leader for the Woodford Folk Festival People’s Orchestra and composes as well as plays music. She is passionate about community music and loves seeing people discover that they can play!