April 10: World's Best Salad

I realize it's a little presumptuous to call this "world's best salad," but is affectionately nicknamed that in our household. It has many of the components that I love in a salad: avocado, blue cheese and thinly sliced red onion. They are "strong" ingredients, but they mesh really well in a salad together.

For quantity, I use about 1/3 of a medium sized red onion and half an avocado for two servings.  I slice the red onion very thin using a mandoline slicer, and cut the avocado into small pieces.

I top the salad with the blue cheese crumbles, and add both olive oil and some balsamic vinegar as a dressing. The avocado and blue cheese add some creaminess against the tangy flavors of the balsamic and red onion. We paired it that evening with some grilled steak and baked potatoes.