Healthy summer recipes with South African grapefruit

grapefruit

🥗Healthier: orange

💰Cheaper: canned mandarins

Oranges are sweeter and more accessible, while canned mandarins provide a budget-friendly option.

avocado

🥗Healthier: mashed banana

💰Cheaper: frozen avocado

Mashed banana adds creaminess while being lower in fat, and frozen avocado is often less expensive.

Start by making the dressing with chopped shallots, honey, white wine vinegar, olive oil, tarragon leaves, salt, and black pepper.

Prep the vegetables by breaking the little gem lettuce into whole leaves and trimming the fennel.

Butterfly the chicken breast, season it, and drizzle with olive oil before cooking.

Heat a pan until very hot and cook the chicken for about 8 minutes.

Slice the red grapefruit by topping and tailing it, then removing the white pith to create pretty slices.

Plate the salad by layering the dressed salad leaves, chopped chicken, and slices of grapefruit.

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