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Avocado, pumpkin seed and spinach salad

Name: Avocado, pumpkin seed and spinach salad
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon pumpkin seed oil or 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon cider or white wine vinegar; 1 firm ripe avocado, roughly chopped; 1 punnet alfalfa, radish sprouts or baby cress, snipped with scissors; 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced; 100g baby spinach leaves; 1 teaspoon nigella seeds or black sesame seeds; 1 tablespoon pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

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by Jill Dupleix

Food writer

Oct 03, 2015

Creamy avocado brings a mouth-filling richness to this velvety salad. Nigella seeds look like black sesame seeds and have a light peppery, nutty taste to enhance the natural flavour of the vegetables.

1 tablespoon pumpkin seed oil or 2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon cider or white wine vinegar
1 firm ripe avocado, roughly chopped
1 punnet alfalfa, radish sprouts or baby cress, snipped with scissors
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
100g baby spinach leaves
1 teaspoon nigella seeds or black sesame seeds
1 tablespoon pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

Method

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Whisk the oils and vinegar together in a large bowl and season to taste with sea salt and black pepper. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and toss gently to combine. Pile the salad onto a large platter and serve.

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