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southwest diner's avocado salad Credit: carmen troesser

Don’t get us wrong: We love cheese-laden Tex-Mex, but the avocado salad is our current favorite on Southwest Diner‘s menu. Wedges of avocado are coated in breadcrumbs, fried until golden and crisp, then placed on a bed of romaine lettuce with pico de gallo and queso fresco. Creamy sambal dressing delivers garlic and basal heat, while the hot-cold-crunchy-creamy textural balance keeps your taste buds guessing from bite to bite.

Meera Nagarajan is art director at Sauce Magazine. 

This article appears in Readers’ Choice 2018.

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Meera began working at Sauce in 2008 and is responsible for the design of Sauce Magazine. She has a masters in journalism with an emphasis in magazine design from Mizzou and she has a habit of hoarding...