Avocado Caprese Salad

This recipe is beautiful in its simplicity. When you can find delicious, sweet, and salty tomatoes and creamy avocados, you will find the ingredients speak for themselves. Adorned with fresh basil leaves and optional sea salt and pepper, this Avocado Caprese is a great hors d’oeuvre or snack.

Easy to digest, the creamy flesh of avocados is the ultimate gut soother for those with food sensitivities, Crohn’s disease, colitis, or IBS. Avocados possess anti-inflammatory compounds that have an aspirin-like quality without thinning the blood; this reduces narrowing and swelling of the digestive tract. This fruit also has polyp-reducing properties, helping you to prevent or rid yourself of these small growths of the intestinal lining.

Avocado Caprese Salad

Ingredients:

• 3 medium tomatoes
• 2 medium avocados
• ½ cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
• 3 tbsps freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Sea salt and pepper, to taste (optional)

Directions:

Cut the tomatoes into thick discs and set aside. Cut the avocado across the middle (not lengthwise) and remove the pit. Peel off the skin and cut into discs, about the same thickness as the tomato slices.

Arrange the tomato slices on a plate or platter and top with avocado. Place a basil leaf on each, then drizzle with lemon juice and season with optional sea salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Serves 2-4

Recipe Notes:

• While high-quality sea salt or mountain rock salt and black pepper are optional inclusions in this recipe, you may wish to reduce or exclude them for optimal healing benefits.
• Enjoy the salad as is, or for a boost of leafy greens, serve each stack on a lettuce leaf.

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Categories: Salads, Raw, Grain Free, Appetizers, Side Dishes

This item posted: 02-Jan-2026

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