Veg Cooking for Everyone--Tomato-Avocado Salsa

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Tomato-Avocado Salsa

 

Recipe By :Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Deborah Madison

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Vegetarian Cooking for Everyon

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 avocado -- peeled & diced

1 ripe, firm tomato -- seeded & finely chopped

2 scallions -- (to 3) including half of the greens, thinly

sliced

1 jalapeno chile pepper -- seeded & finely diced

OR 2 serrano chiles

1 clove garlic -- minced

salt

a few drops sherry vinegar or apple cider

vinegar

1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

 

Combine the avocado, tomato, scallions, chile, and garlic in a bowl. Add 1/4

teaspoon salt and the vinegar to bring up the flavors. Stir in the cilantro and

let the salsa stand for 20 minutes before serving for the flavors to merge.

 

Source:

" Appetizers and First Courses "

S(ISBN):

" 0-7679-0014-6 "

Copyright:

" 1997 "

Yield:

" 1 1/2 cups "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 342 Calories; 31g Fat (74.5% calories

from fat); 5g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 26mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Vegetable; 1 Fruit; 6 Fat.

 

NOTES : You can emphasize the avocado or the tomato, make it mild or hot, but do

use it within an hour or so.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0