This salad is an excellent side dish for summer events like BBQ’s and picnics or lazy summer dinners with family and friends. You can also prepare it for work lunches and potlucks.

The hot sauce gives the salad a nice kick, but you can omit it from the recipe if it’s not your thing. This easy salad has several opportunities for substitution; you can swap out the cilantro for dill or cherry tomatoes. For the dressing, you can use lemon juice instead of lime.

Yields 4 servings of Spicy Avocado Salad

The Preparation

2 medium avocado, cubed
1/4 cup yellow onion, chopped
1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
3 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons hot sauce
salt and pepper, to taste

The Execution

1. Place the chopped avocados, onion, bell pepper, and cilantro in a salad dish.

2. Top with the lime juice and hot sauce. Toss the salad so the vegetables are evenly coated.

3. Chill and serve.

This makes a total of 3 servings of Spicy Avocado Salad. Each serving comes out to be 303 calories, 27.7g fats, 6.2g net carbs, and 3.1g protein.

NUTRITION	CALORIES	FAT	CARBS	FIBER	NET CARBS	PROTEIN
2 medium avocado	601	55.5	31.1	24.5	6.6	7.1
1/4 cup yellow onion	18	0.1	4.1	0.6	3.5	0.5
1 medium red bell pepper	36	0.4	6.9	2.4	4.5	1.1
1/4 cup fresh cilantro	1	0	0.2	0.1	0	0.1
3 tablespoon lime juice	11	0	3.8	0.2	3.6	0.2
2 tablespoon olive oil	239	27	0	0	0	0
2 tablespoon hot sauce	3	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.2
— salt and pepper	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	909	83.1	46.6	27.8	18.7	9.2
Per Serving (/3)	303	27.7	15.5	9.3	6.2	3.1