• Yield: Serves 4

  • Time: 10 minutes prep


This can wait, chilled, for 30 to 40 minutes.


Ingredients

 

  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice

  • 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped

  • 1 large garlic clove, minced

  • 1/2 jalapeño, seeded and minced

  • 1/2 teaspoon Crossover Spice Blend or a blend of ground coriander, ground cumin, and freshly ground black pepper

  • 1-1/2 pounds ripe delicious tomatoes, coarsely chopped (do not peel); or one 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes

  • 2 sprigs fresh coriander

  • 1 small cucumber, peeled and diced

  • 1 ripe avocado, diced

  • 1 pound cooked, peeled shrimp, or firm tofu or leftover poultry (organic if possible, diced)

  • Handful tortilla chips, lightly crushed

  • 2 limes, each cut into 8 wedges

Instructions


1. In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, onion, garlic, jalapeño, and spice blend. Let marinate for 10 minutes.


2. Place the tomatoes and coriander sprigs into the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the mixture is chunky. Add the onion mixture, and pulse five times.


3. Divide the cucumber, avocado, and shrimp among four bowls. Spoon the tomato blend into the bowls. Garnish with the crushed tortilla chips and lime wedges.


Note from Lynne: The shrimp could be switched out for tofu, tempeh, chicken, meats or other fish.


From The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift, Clarkson Potter, 2008.

Sally Swift
Sally Swift is the managing producer and co-creator of The Splendid Table. Before developing the show, she worked in film, video and television, including stints at Twin Cities Public Television, Paisley Park, and Comic Relief with Billy Crystal. She also survived a stint as segment producer on The Jenny Jones Show.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Lynne Rossetto Kasper has won numerous awards as host of The Splendid Table, including two James Beard Foundation Awards (1998, 2008) for Best National Radio Show on Food, five Clarion Awards (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) from Women in Communication, and a Gracie Allen Award in 2000 for Best Syndicated Talk Show.