Summer Tomato And Avocado Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups grape tomatoes or 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 yellow pepper, seeded and 1/2-inch diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup small-diced red onion
• 2 tablespoons minced jalapeno peppers, seeded (2 peppers)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon frshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 2 ripe avocados, seeded, peeled, and 1/2-inch diced

Recipe

• 1 place the tomatoes, yellow pepper, black beans, red onion, jalapeno peppers, and lime zest in a large bowl.
• 2 whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper and pour over the veggies.
• 3 toss well.
• 4 just before you're ready to serve the salad, fold the avocados into the salad.
• 5 check the seasoning and serve at room temperature.