Healthy Shrimp and Avocado Salad
Filed under: Healthy Cooking, Miscellaneous, Nutrition
Shrimp and avocado salad
This is a great healthy salad that is fresh and good for you. It can be used as a light lunch or as a meal. I sometimes add boiled new potatoes to it if I serve it as a dinner.
Ingredients:
For Salad
1 Large ripe avocado (you can add 2 if you like them that much). 
1lb cooked large shrimp peeled or you can use frozen and thawed.
2 fresh red ripe tomatoes chopped
1/4 red or yellow onion chopped
2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 bag mixed salad greens.
ground salt and pepper to taste
For The Vinaigrette
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
To prepare salad, cut and slice avocado. Place salad greens on plate. Top with shrimp, tomatoes, onions and cilantro dress with dressing. You may need an extra dash of salt and pepper on top.
This serves 4-6 people. Wasn’t that easy?
iPhone App Review: Good Food Near You
You read magazines and blog posts that list what food choices you should be making when eating out. However, if you are like me, you find it hard to remember the best menu option at every restaurant. I do take my food choices pretty seriously, but I’m not going to demand to see the nutrition facts before ordering. So, I do the best I can and then check myself in Eat This, Not That when I get home! That being said, I was pretty excited to test out the Good Food Near You iphone (and blackberry) app.
Pros:
1 - Simple! It was very easy to enter my zip code and have the restaurants pop up with their menus.
2 -Priority Sort You can select if you want information based on Lowest Fat, Carbs or Calories.
3 - FREE! It’s a free app for your iPhone or Blackberry!
Cons:
1 - Chain Restaurants Only The only restaurants that popped up for me were chains, not the great local eateries.
2 - Selection Variation Some of the menus were out of date as far as food selections.
3 - Skipped Restaurants I was looking down the street at a Wendy’s and it did not show up on the list - so not 100% accurate.
Overall: I found this app helpful and because its free I didn’t have to be disappointed when it wasn’t perfect. I’m sure the next versions will continue to be better and more robust. If you travel frequently or find yourself at chain restaurants often, this healthcare & fitness app will help guide you to make a smarter food choice.
You can download it for your iPhone or Blackberry at GoodFoodNearYou.com or at iTunes.
Fit Links: New Web Site and iPhone App Lets You Find Good Food Near You - Health.com Good Food Near You iPhone App - BlissTree.com
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Broiled Tilapia with a Soy and Orange Mayo
This a quick and easy one that all you fitness fans will love. If you’re tracking your calories, add this one to your list.
Serves 4
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 lemon
1 orange
4 (6-ounce) Tilapia fillets
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons light mayo
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Directions
Preheat the broiler. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
Place fish on cooking sheet. In a bowl whisk together the juice of one squeezed lemon, one orange along with the olive oil, soy sauce the garlic and onion powder and light mayo. Then coat the fish evenly with the mixture. Season the fish with salt and pepper, to taste, and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Place under broiler and broil until fork-tender, about 10-15 minutes or until top is brown. Garnish with fresh parsley and chives.
This is a great recipe to make ahead of time. You can make the sauce and leave it in a bowl in the refrigerator early that day or the day before and have your fish already washed and on the prepared baking sheet ready to go just covered with plastic wrap in the fridge.
When you are ready to cook just take out the fish coat with the sauce then bread crumbs and broil.
This is a great tasty healthy recipe for those of you who are working out and trying to eat right. The kids will even like it.
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