Avocado and Crab Seafood Salad:

I am one of those people who loves the store bought crab seafood salad. I also used to work for a grocery chain and know how full of fat and preservatives that salad is. Here is a recipe that I think is just as good. I adapted it from my South Beach Cookbook.

Ingredients:

- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (if you are not a fan of cilantro, you can skip this one)
- 2 tablespoons reduced fat mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon reduced fat sour cream
- 1/4 cup chopped roasted bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- 1 pound crab meat or imitation crab meat
- 1 large ripe avocado: pitted, peeled, and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Combine cilantro, mayonnaise, sour cream, bell pepper, onion, celery, cayenne, and lime juice in a medium sized bowl. Mix in crab meat and season with salt pepper. Gently fold in avocado.

You can mix this into salad or spinach, or stuff inside a whole wheat pita. Enjoy!