All Entries Tagged With: "Avocado"
Corn and Crab Salad
It is great to make use of fresh corns from the farm market in summer for this Corn and Crab Salad. Fresh corn is much sweeter than the frozen ones. We used artificial crab meat instead of real crab meat for this recipe. You can always substitute with real crab meat when crab is in season and much more affordable.
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh corn kernels, about 2 corn
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 avocados, pitted and diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- half white onion, diced
- 1 1/2 cups jicama, diced
- 2 cups crabmeat
- 1/3 cup minced jalapeno peppers
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seed
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander
- lettuce and corn chips for presentation
This recipe makes 6 to 8 servings.
Guacamole
Guacamole originate from the Aztec and became popular in Spain. The name Guacamole comes from an Aztec dialect, ahuacatl means avocado and molli means sauce. Branca made this very popular dipping sauce to go with her home-made Tortillas.
Guacamole is creamy by the ripe avocado, fragrant by the cilantro and a hint of tanginess from the lime juice. It is a very nutritious dip rich with good monounsaturated fat from the avocado.
Here are some tips on buying avocado:
- choose black ones
- it should be lightly tender to touch
- if you buy unripen avocado, wrap them in newspaper and place them at a warm place to speed up the ripening process
- you can also place the avocados next to some apples to speed up the ripening process
- if you would like to keep them for a while, refrigerate them
Ingredients
- Ripe avocados
- red tomatoes, diced
- onion, finely chopped
- cilantro, chopped
- salt to taste
- freshly squeeze lime juice
- finely chopped serranos (optional)
Avocado and Cucumber Salad
June and Carol made a salad to accompany the Quinoa Stuffed Peppers. This is a very green salad. The main ingredients in this salad are Avocado and Cucumber.
Avocado is known to decrease LDL (bad cholesterol) and to increase HDL (good cholesterol). This is a great fruit for people watching their cholesterol level.
Cucumber is a natural diuretic which increases the excretion of water from the bodies. Hence it is used by the fitness world of body builders and for people who try to reduce weight.
This Avocado and Cucumber Salad does not need any oil for dressing. The avocado which is also known as butter pear, is rich with mono unsaturated fat. Avocado is also rich in potassium (60% more than bananas), B vitamins, vitamin E and vitamin K. It has the highest fiber content of any fruit where 75% is insoluble and 25% is soluble.
Ingredients
- 2 medium cucumbers, cubed
- 2 avocados, cubed
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons minced green onions (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- black pepper to taste
- 1/4 large lemon
- 1 lime
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine cucumbers, avocados, and cilantro.
- Stir in garlic, green onions, salt and pepper. Squeeze lemon and lime over the top, and toss. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
June and Carol, thank you for making this healthy Avocado and Cucumber Salad. It is very refreshing.
