Grapefruit Salad

You want to look pretty and feel fancy? This salad will make you look pretty and feel fancy.

Ingredients

3 grapefruits
2 avocados, sliced 
1 fresno chile (or other moderately hot pepper), thinly sliced
4 - 5 radishes, thinly sliced
¼ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
Juice of ½ lime

Prepare two small bowls of ice water. Put your radishes in one and your chilies in the other. This is to maintain the pretty color and cut some of the raw harshness. 

Now make the grapefruit supremes. Cut off both ends of each grapefruit. Turn the grapefruit up on its flat, short side and cut off zest and pith leaving only the flesh… like you’re peeling a pineapple. Then, cut along both sides of each membrane to free each little grapefruit segment. The first time you do this, you will feel badly about how much grapefruit you wasted. It’s okay, because now you need to squeeze what’s left of the grapefruit to get all the juice, about a ½ cup. Set aside. 

To make the vinaigrette, whisk to combine grapefruit juice, lime juice, agave, parsley, olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange your salad ingredients in the most Instagrammable way possible. I like to layer the grapefruit and avocado on a big platter and then tuck the radishes and chilies in strategically. Spoon vinaigrette over generously. If you’d like, you can serve this dish to impress your mom on her birthday like I did.