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Crab Avocado Salad from ZestuousSkip the fattening ranch dressing; this summer salad is full of creaminess brought to you courtesy of fresh avocados.

Lately, my recipes have been packed with carbs: Blueberry French Toast, Super Creamy Mac-n-Cheese, Lemon Meringue French Toast. It was time to cook something a little lighter and a lot healthier.

My goal was to develop a dish that still gave me the satisfaction as though I was eating something naughty. I splurged on some steamed crabmeat and went all green goddess-like with a creamy avocado.

Instead of sugar, which is often used in dressing, I continued my natural kick with sweet fresh, raw corn.

But a dish can’t be Zestuous without a little heat, so I had to grab a jalapeno, some Old Bay Seasoning, and my favorite accent to avocados:  Tabasco green pepper sauce.

Finally, a little cabbage for crunch and texture.

Note to chefs: Inspect your crabmeat before mixing it in or your little crunch might not be just from the cabbage. I had a couple of unexpected shells in my crab. I would have totally been kicked off of MasterChef for that faux pas.

You can serve this salad in a scooped out avocado shell, or wrap it in tortillas to make pinwheels. Or if you want to be really naughty, scoop it on top of a grilled filet mignon or grilled halibut steak.

No butter, no cream, just loads of fiber, protein and heart-healthy unsaturated fat.

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Crab Avocado Salad

Ingredients 

  • 1 avocado
  • 2 ears corn
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded
  • juice of 2 limes
  • ½ tsp. Old Bay Seasoning
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • ½ tsp. Tabasco green sauce
  • 8 ozs. cooked crab meat
  • 1 cup shredded cabbage

Instructions 

  • Remove the kernels from the corn. Place half of the kernels in a food processor with the avocado, jalapeno, limejuice, seasoning, salt and Tabasco sauce. Puree until smooth.
  • In another bowl, combine the crab, cabbage, remaining corn kernels and avocado sauce.
  • Serve in an avocado shell and sprinkle with more Old Bay and Tabasco sauce.
  • Or spread on tortillas to make pinwheels.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Christie Vanover

About Zestuous

Hi. I’m Christie, the head cook and award-winning competitive pitmaster for Team Girls Can Grill. I have won multiple grand championships and have dozens of top ten category finishes. People know me as the girl who is forever hovering over a grill, smoker or campfire with tongs in one hand and a glass of wine in the other.


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  1. My mouth is watering! What a fantastic idea. Will be trying this week, thanks for sharing!!