Salads are an all time favorite food of mine, and I always have my wheels turning for versions that don’t have tender lettuces. Ones with heartier bases like, beans, kale, and here – mango, hold up well when prepped in advance. Also increasingly I am sometimes becoming dissatisfied with storebought dressings and am frequently just making my own. It’s kind of always surprising how good dressings can taste with simple ingredients and this spicy honey one is VERY QUICK to whisk up in a bowl.
For this recipe I used sioux honey – pure honey, with nothing added, made in the usa by family beekeepers who care about making trustworthy honey.
Mango Salad with Spicy Honey Dressing
Serves four
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey (I use sue bee honey)
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flake
A pinch of salt
3 mangoes, chopped
1/2 red onion, minced
2 cucumbers, chopped
2 avocados, chopped
3 green onions, sliced
Whisk together olive oil, honey, lime juice, chili powder, pepper, red pepper flake, and salt.
Toss mango, red onion, cucumber, and avocado with dressing. Top with green onion.
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey (I use sue bee honey)
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flake
- A pinch of salt
- 3 mangoes, chopped
- ½ red onion, minced
- 2 cucumbers, chopped
- 2 avocados, chopped
- 3 green onions, sliced
- Whisk together olive oil, honey, lime juice, chili powder, pepper, red pepper flake, and salt.
- Toss mango, red onion, cucumber, and avocado with dressing. Top with green onion.