Pear avocado salad

While a pear salad with chicken could be served as a main dish, one with avocado and nuts does much better as a side.  In this case, make the dressing first.  In a food processor, combine:

• Apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 avocado (mostly for the oil)
• Olive oil (because an avocado won't yield enough)
• Ground coriander
• Just a dash of cinnamon
• 2 cloves garlic
• ~ 3/4 inch of jalapeno

Pulse until that is well combined.  For the salad itself, simply combine:

• 1/3 bunch of spinach, hand torn
• 2 pears (bosc and anjou work here as well), cubed small
• 1 avocado plus the remaining half, sliced or cubed
• Scant half cup of almond, rough chopped

Dress, toss, serve immediately.  The mild heat from the jalapeno brings out the pears' sweetness, which is further enhanced by the coriander and cinnamon.

Avocado/tangerine salad

Simple as can be.

Chop:

• 1 avocado
• 2 tangerines
• A decent amount of goat cheese
• Two handfuls of almonds

Combine that with spinach.  Dress with:

• Sesame oil
• White wine vinegar (rice wine vinegar would work here too)
• Ground ginger
• Garlic powder

And that's it.  The flavors blend extremely well what with the sweet from the tangerines and almonds, the sour goat cheese, and the various spices (plus whatever it is that avocado has).  The textures work well varying from the crunchy almonds down to the almost melty cheese and avocado.

In a large enough batch this could be a meal.