Mangoes, avocado, rocket and lemon are a magical combination and perfect for summer. While we are enjoying the last blast of warm weather and mangoes for the season, I thought I'd share my all time favourite salad recipe. It's also my son, Hamish's favourite and he even requests it for Christmas Day! It's perfect to go with fish or prawns, and I love taking it to a BBQ, it's always a winner.

Mangoes are high in fructose and glucose, so eat those sparingly. When you enjoy a serving of this salad, it's your carbs for your meal, and best not to have another carb as well as it will throw your blood sugars.

Sorry, its not for you if you're on the Bio-Alai Protocol, however you could have it on the protocol if you can eat avocadoes on your Personalised Nutrition Plan as you could swap out the mangoes for ripe nectarines, as they are lower in sugars. 

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 6 as a side dish

Ingredients

SALAD

• 1 large mango, cut into 1.5cm pieces

• 1 large ripe avocado, cut into 1.5cm pieces

• Large bag or approx 250 grams of rocket

• 4 spring onions finely sliced on an angle

• 1/4 cup coriander (or parsley) leaves finely chopped

   

LEMON DRESSING

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

• 1 medium fresh lemon juiced

• 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt

• 1/4 tsp black pepper
  
  

Directions 

1. Place all salad ingredients in a bowl.
2. Shake dressing in a jar and then pour over the salad.
3. Toss very gently an then serve immediately.

Enjoy xx Meaghan