Avocado-Cucumber Salad

Avocado-Cucumber Salad with Preserved Lime Dressing (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

Often, all it takes is a little imagination, creativity, or quite frankly, a bit of laziness to put together familiar ingredients and come up with something quite delicious. Such was the case (laziness) with this quick, easy, tasty salad that’s good on its own or as a little something on the side with any dish.

I love pears (avocados) but there are times when you want to do more than simply slice and eat an avocado on its own, in a sandwich, or mash it to make guacamole. It is also one of those things that pairs well with cucumbers. The key is to time the dressing and serving of the salad so that one ingredient does not get overly mushy and the other does not release too much moisture to make the salad soggy.