Food & Cooking Recipes Salad Recipes Butter Lettuce Salad With Avocado Be the first to rate & review! This tender green salad has a fragrant ginger-lime dressing. By Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle expert who has taught millions of people through generations the joy of entertaining, cooking, gardening, collecting, crafting, and home renovating via her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Emmy-winning television shows, and 99 books (and counting). Based in Katonah, N.Y., where she helms her 156-acre Bedford Farm, Martha is America's first self-made female billionaire. Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 16, 2024 Rate PRINT Share Servings: 1 Jump to recipe This elegant, fresh, and delicious butter lettuce salad will inspire you to enjoy green salad more. Martha says butter lettuce is too often overlooked; she likes its sweet, tender leaves, and makes it the star of this simple, fresh dish. The leaves are dressed in a fragrant mixture of fresh ginger, rice vinegar, lime juice, and safflower oil with a touch of sugar. They’re stacked on the plate, and as you eat the salad, a surprise of sliced avocado is revealed. 25 Summer Salads Made With Fresh, Seasonal Produce It's easy to scale up this single serve salad: for two people you would use 2 heads of butter lettuce and one half avocado. For four servings, a whole avocado and 4 small heads of lettuce. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 1 tablespoon yuzu rice wine vinegar or unseasoned rice wine vinegar Juice of 1 lime 2 teaspoons peeled and grated fresh ginger 2 teaspoons sugar 1 tablespoon safflower oil Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper ¼ avocado, peeled, and thinly sliced, for serving 1 head butter lettuce, inner leaves only 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds, for serving Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, for serving Directions Make dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, lime juice, ginger, and sugar. Gradually whisk in oil, adding it in a slow, steady stream, and continue whisking until mixture is emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange avocado: Place avocado in the center of a chilled serving plate. Season with salt and pepper. Assemble salad: Beginning with the smallest lettuce leaves, add to dressing just to coat. Place dressed leaves around and over avocado. Repeat the dressing and layering process working from smallest to largest leaves. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and sea salt. Serve immediately. 5 More Leafy Green Salad Recipes to Try: Tender Lettuce Salad Boston Lettuce With Shaved Parmesan Simple Watercress Salad Strawberry and Spinach Salad Ultimate Salad Mix With Carrot, Cucumber, and Balsamic Vinaigrette Rate It PRINT