Avocado Dressing

Name: Avocado Dressing
Yield: Makes 2 1/3 cups
Ingredients: 2 avocados; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 scallion (white and light-green parts only), thinly sliced; 1/4 cup packed fresh parsley leaves; 1/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves; 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; Coarse salt and ground pepper

This dressing goes with Chicken Salad with Avocado Dressing, but it would also be delicious on a green salad, in a wrap, or as a sauce for fish, skirt steak, or vegetables.

Source: Everyday Food, January/February 2012

Makes 2 1/3 cups

Yield

Ingredients

2 avocados
1 cup buttermilk
1 scallion (white and light-green parts only), thinly sliced
1/4 cup packed fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Coarse salt and ground pepper

Directions

1. In a food processor or blender, combine avocados, buttermilk, scallion, parsley, mint, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup water. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper and pulse until smooth.