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Seafood Cocktail Salad

Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Frozen shrimp-
  And/or crab-flavored salad
  Style fish - (surimi*)
1   Fresh or frozen
  Peeled - cooked shrimp
1/3 cup 78mlCocktail sauce
1 cup 237mlAvocado - halved, seeded (medium)
  Peeled - and chopped
  Lettuce leaves
1/2   A small honeydew melon
  Peeled - and sliced
1/2   A small cantaloupe
  Seeded
1   Orange - peeled and sliced
  Crosswise
12   Strawberries - halved
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlPoppy seed

Recipe Instructions

THAW FISH AND SHRIMP, if frozen; set aside. For dressing, stir together salad dressing and cocktail sauce. If necessary, stir in a little water to make of pouring consistency. Cover and chill until serving time.

IN A MEDIUM MIXING BOWL TOSS together shrimp and/or fish, avocado, and 3 tablespoons of the dressing.

ARRANGE LETTUCE LEAVES on 4-dinner plates. Spoon Seafood mixture onto lettuce. Arrange melon, orange slices, and berries around seafood. Sprinkle with poppy seed. Serve with remaining dressing.

Makes 4 main-dish servings.

*NOTE: You can cut 300 milligrams of sodium by using an additional 8 oz fresh or frozen shrimp instead of the surimi.

Source:
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, July 1993

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