avocados

Course: 
  • 4 chicken breasts (grilled)
  • 8 flour tortillas, 6-inch
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped 1/4-inch
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 avocados, chopped 1/4-inch
  • 2 taspoons Worestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
  • 2 tablespoons canned chipotle chile in adobe sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar

Grilled Chicken Tacos

Grilled Chicken Tacos

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Course: 

For Thousand Island Dressing

  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup bottled chili sauce
  • tablespoons sweet green pickle relish
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Salad

  • 1 head iceberg lettuce, shredded (about 8 cups
  • 1 cup English cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 pound lump crab meat, picked over for cartilage and shell fragments
  • 1/2 lb cooked tiny shrimp
  • 1 ripe avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
  • 2 hard-cooked eggs, cut into quarters
  • 8 red or yellow cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Seafood Louis

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Course: 
  • 1 pound fresh Louisiana jumbo lump crabmeat, carefully picked over for cartilage and shells
  • ​1/2 bunch green onions, minced
  • ​3 tablespoons nonpareil capers
  • ​1 tablespoon Spanish onion, finely minced
  • ​1/3 cup (or to taste) Spicy Mayonnaise (McIlhenny's is good choice)
  • ​1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • ​freshly ground black pepper, to taste

​Note: As shown, served in ripe Haas avocados

Jyl Benson's Crabmeat Salad

 

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Course: 
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup sweet onion, finely diced
  • 1/4 cup celery, finely diced
  • 1/2 Jerusalem artichoke, chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 large avocados
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 lb large shrimp, boiled in well-seasoned broth, chilled, peeled and deveined
  • 1 English cucumber, chopped
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
  • 1 tablespoon sweet marjoram
  • 1 tablespoon parsley
  • 1 tablespoon lemon balm
  • 1 tablespoon chives
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • Lettuce leaves

Shrimp Salad with Avocado

Shrimp Salad with Avocado

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Yellow Gazpacho:

  • 2 yellow tomatoes
  • 1 pinch cumin
  • 1 teaspoon fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 cup tomato juice
  • 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Red Gazpacho:

  • 2 ripe red tomatoes
  • 1 cup tomato juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Avocado Ice Cream:

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

red and green soup

Course: 
Vinaigrette

  • 3 tablespoons fresh blueberries
  • 3 tablespoons blueberry vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Salad

  • 4 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced in rings
  • 2 cups romaine lettuce leaves (use the small inner leaves)
  • 1 large avocado, sliced
  • 1 cup almonds, sliced (pumpkin seeds are alternative)
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries

Note: Shown with pumpkin seed but almonds used in our recipe - either is great.

Spinach Avocado Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette 

 Spinach Avocado Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette

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Course: 
  • Three-Pepper Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
  • 1 large or 2 small mirliton, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 1-1/2 pounds (21 to 25-count) boiled Gulf shrimp (prepared with liquid or dry crab boil)
  • 2 small ripe avocados
  • 2 cups spring mix (about 3 ounces) or other mixed baby lettuces
  • Small red onion, sliced very thinly and separated into rings, for garnish
  • Finely diced red, green and yellow peppers, for garnish

 

Three-Pepper Vinaigrette, Yield: About 1-1/2 cups

  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon very finely chopped shallot
  • 1/4 teaspoon very finely chopped garlic
  • 8 medium leaves basil, finely chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons each finely chopped red, green and yellow bell pepper

Arnaud's Gulf Shrimp Salad

Arnaud's Gulf Shrimp Salad

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