Zesty Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Well I sure suck at doing new blog posts! LOL  It's yet again been a while since the last one...seems to happen often lately.  Anyway, I have a new recipe I'd like to share tonight.  I originally got this from skinnytaste.com, but I added a couple things and subbed another, so now it's my recipe. :-)  It's nice and light for the hot summer months, and pretty tasty too.  The recipe as prepared tonight is below, however, next time, I think some pan seared scallops added to the mix would be delicious! 

Ingredients:

• 1 lb cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, and chopped
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1 tsp diced jalapeno
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 limes, juice of
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 Tbsp dried cilantro
• Salt/pepper to taste
• 4 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine red onion, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, and pinch of salt & pepper.  Let sit at least 5 minutes to mellow the flavor of the onion. 

2. In a large bowl, combine chopped shrimp, avocado, tomato, and jalapeno.  If you will eat all of this dish at one sitting, add mozzarella cheese as well.  If not, wait to add mozzarella on top of the prepared salad at the end, or it loses its consistency. 

3. Add in onion mixture and cilantro, and toss gently.  Adjust salt/pepper to taste.

4. Serve over shredded lettuce.  The finished product:

 Overall I think this dish was pretty good.  The commissary only had very ripe avocados yesterday, so I think this one was just almost on the verge of going bad.  (Good thing I used it tonight!)  It would have been a bit better with one that isn't quite so ripe, but eh, whatever.  It turned out pretty tasty I think! The hubby liked it too, so even better! :-)

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Hopefully another blog sooner than later!