Jicama Grapefruit Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 jicama (1 lb. or a 1-lb. piece)
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 2 red grapefruits (1 1/4 lb. each)
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sliced red radish
• 1 firm-ripe avocado (1/2 lb.)
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 rinse jicama. cut off and discard skin and any tough fibers. cut jicama into matchstick-size sticks 2 to 3 inches long.
• 2 rinse onion slices with cool water and drain.
• 3 with a knife, cut off and discard grapefruit peel and membrane. over a wide serving bowl, cut between inner grapefruit membranes and lift out fruit segments.
• 4 put fruit in bowl. squeeze remaining membrane over bowl to collect juice.
• 5 drain grapefruit segments; save 1/2 cup juice and keep the rest to drink.
• 6 combine the 1/2 cup juice with vinegar, basil, garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; return to grapefruit. add jicama, radishes, and onion and mix.
• 7 peel, pit, and thinly slice avocado onto jicama salad. gently mix and add salt and pepper to taste.