Endive and Avocado Salad – Two Cooks Cooking

avocado and endive salad in a bowl — avocado and endive salad

We are into (or trying to get into) cooking healthy and simply and the salad below fits the bill. We can’t take total credit for it, it was borne of an up-sell, but we are still pretty pleased.

A few weeks ago we went out to dinner with two friends. We spent a while debating what appetizers we would all share and confidently reported them to our waitress when she arrived. Her reply? “Would you like avocado and endive salad with that?”

This reminded Z of his Carl’s Jr. days when all the workers were required to follow up a customer’s order with an up-sell, “Would you like a cheesecake with that?” According to Z, around 50% of his customers would surprisingly (and surprisEDly) reply “Yeah, I DO want a cheesecake!”

And so, through the power of suggestion, we realized avocado and endive salad was exactly what we wanted to complement our choices.

The salad was delicious, but a little heavy on the lemon and lacking some punch. Our salad below nixes the lemon entirely and clears the sinuses with a little bit of cayenne. We suggest trying it.

Avocado and Endive Salad

(Serves 4)

1/4 tsp salt

2 avocados

1/4 tsp cayenne (+ a little for garnish)

3 medium endives

1/2 lime

This is a pretty easy one. Lop off the bottom of the endive so that a few leaves fall off, and slice them thin, height-wise.

In a separate bowl, mash the avocado and combine with salt, cayenne and the juice from 1/2 a lime.

avocado halves in a bowl — yummy avocados

Combine.

Enjoy!

What were you planning on having for dinner? Would you like an avocado and endive salad with that? We think so.

6 comments from the first time around

Val July 9, 2013

This looks tempting to me. I wonder if Doug would eat it, LOL! I’m glad the up-sell was to this salad and not to a cheesecake! 😀
Adrianne July 9, 2013

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! I’m going to go around randomly (and surprisedly) saying that. “Yeah! I DO want a cheesecake with that!” Those Carl’s Jr. days were the best.
Adrianne July 9, 2013

also, from now on, whenever Steve asks me to do something (which is always), I’m going to say, “Would you like a cheesecake with that?” Hahaha. Cheesecake is so funny.
1. Val July 9, 2013
  
  i bet Steve will say, “yes, i’ve love cheesecake with that!” Then what? 😉
Keshet July 17, 2013

I didn’t know you used to wait tables, Zach! We need to swap some customer service horror stories!!

And this salad looks delicious 🙂

P.s. To what is the second “cayenne” in the ingredients list referring? Is that a mistake or do you want us to use the pepper or what?
1. Amanda and Zach July 17, 2013
  
  Thanks for catching our typo! I fixed it… And I would love to swap some stories with my SIL 🙂

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