Crab Salad in Avocado Boats

Yield: Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1/4  cup  sour cream
• 1/2  teaspoon  grated lemon peel
• 2  tablespoons  lemon juice
• 6  ounces  shelled cooked crab
• 2  tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives or thinly sliced green onion
• 2  tablespoons minced red bell pepper
• Salt and pepper
• 2  firm-ripe avocados (3/4 lb. each)
• 4  canned anchovy fillets, drained (optional)
• Lemon wedges
• Whole fresh chives

Preparation

1. In a bowl, mix sour cream, lemon peel, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Gently stir in crab, chopped chives, and bell pepper. Add salt and pepper to taste.

2. Cut avocados in half lengthwise; remove pits. Brush all cut surfaces of the avocados with remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice.

3. Set each avocado half, cut side up, on a salad plate; if necessary, cut a strip off the bottom of each, through peel, to balance. Mound crab salad equally in cavities. Garnish with anchovy fillets, lemon wedges, and whole chives. Add more salt and pepper to taste.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

280 (74% from fat)

Protein:

12g

Fat:

23g (sat 5)

Carbohydrate:

11g

Fiber:

2.6g

Sodium:

141mg

Cholesterol:

49mg