Avocado Salad with Lemon, Bacon and Watercress
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I made this as a light lunch today. It was really good, but I don’t think I’m really into watercress. Next time, I’d use arugula probably. The combination of avocado and bacon is wonderful – you get the salty and creamy sensations in every bite, and the lemon makes it just a tiny bit tart. I cheated and cooked the bacon in the microwave so that it wouldn’t take as long, and it worked wonderfully!
Avocado Salad with Lemon, Bacon and Watercress
Eat This Book – Tyler Florence
½ pound bacon
3 avocados, split, pitted and peeled
1 lemon, juiced
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
½ bunch watercress, stems trimmed
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lay the bacon on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake for 15 minutes, until crispy. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels and let it drain for a couple of minutes.
Break or cut the avocados into chunks and arrange on a platter. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Scatter the watercress over the avocado and top with bacon.
MacGourmet Rating: 4 Stars
5 Comments
Brandon W
Watercress is like arugalas more expensive, harder to work with, but not as good bastard brother.
Ashley
Amen to that!
BTW your pet photography is sans photography – whassupwitdat?
Brandon W
Oh. So you can get to that huh.
It’s something I’m still kind of working on. I’m kind of thinking about maybe starting a “for fun” business to possibly make extra cash.
Maybe I’ll have to throw some pictures and info up. I’m not sure how to make a blog look “nice” though.
Ashley
I can definitely relate to the side gig/extra cash thing. I’ve been throwing around a few ideas…but I always have illustrated portrait work to fall back on. I have to peddle my skills to more people though 😉
Mer
Now this is my kind of salad. :0) Love that crispy bacon on top.