Guacamole Salad

This dish is not out of the recipe book, but I've made it every week for the past two months! I figured I would share because it is amazing. I know you will all love it as much as Mike and I do and this should become a family staple! I got this recipe off of Food Network's website and it's a Barefoot Contessa dish! Those that know me well, know I am not a Barefoot Contessa fan, but this dish won me over and I swear Mike can't get enough of it. Every time I ask him what he wants for dinner for the week, he says guacamole salad or the Tortellini salad. Sometimes both! It's meant to be a side dish but if you're like us, you will want to just eat this for dinner! It's seriously that good.

Ingredients

• 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 yellow bell 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 good olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 2 ripe Hass avocados, seeded, peeled, and 1/2-inch diced

Directions

Place the tomatoes, yellow pepper, black beans, red onion, jalapeno peppers, and lime zest in a large bowl. Whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper and pour over the vegetables. Toss well.

Just before you're ready to serve the salad, fold the avocados into the salad. Check the seasoning and serve at room temperature.