Good Cholesterol Salad

We have found that my husband's cholesterol levels are very influenced by what he eats (which is nice because it doesn't require medicine to keep his levels healthy, but does require us to be more conscientious about what we eat). He got his "bad cholesterol" down by eating healthy and eating lots of grapefruit (but be careful about doing this if you're on cholesterol medication - it could cause serious side effects so read your warnings from the pharmacy), but then his "good cholesterol" levels were too low so we added this salad to our diet. I am pleased to say I came up with this all on my own (and it did the trick for his cholesterol levels)! (And I'm happily ignorant of my cholesterol levels, but I'm sure this helps me too!)

Jamie's Good Cholesterol Salad

Romaine lettuce (my favorite, but I'm sure any kind will do)
1 cup chopped Walnuts (walnuts are high in good cholesterol, but also high in fat so be careful)
1 avocado, chopped up (again, high in good cholesterol but also high in fat)
1 grapefruit (helps lower cholesterol)
Honey

1) Toast walnuts by baking them at 375 for about 8-10 minutes, stirring once and keeping a careful eye on them so they don't burn. Toasting them really brings out the flavor.

2) I slice my grapefruit in half and section it, spooning out each section. Then I squeeze the grapefruit to add the juice to the fruit sections. (Once we peeled the grapefruit and then sliced it and it was super sour, so I'd avoid that method!)

3) We each make our own salad, adding our preferred amount of toppings and then drizzling with honey to help with the sour taste of the grapefruit. Enjoy!