Tomato salad with avocado salsa

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So easy and so tasty!

Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:

• 6 vine ripened tomatoes
• 1 scallion
• 2 Tbs. jalepeno or serrano chile, finely chopped
• 1/2 green or yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 large or 2 small ripe avocados, cut in pieces
• 2 Tbs. olive oil
• 4 sprigs coriander leaves or cilantro
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Wash the tomatoes and slice them in wedges (eighths).
2. Cut the scallion in small rings into a bowl.
3. Add the jalepeno pieces, the bell pepper pieces.
4. Squeeze half of the lemon over the mixture
5. Finely chop 3 of the coriander sprigs and add to the mixture.
6. Cut the avocado in half, remove the seed and cut the flesh in small bite sized pieces.
7. Squeeze the rest of the lemon juice over and mix well.
8. Season to taste with salt and pepper, perhaps some cayenne also.
9. Place the tomatoes to form a ring on a salad plate, fill the center of the ring with the avocado salsa.
10. Garnish with a few of the coriander leaves.
11. Optional you can serve this on a bed of lettuce or rucola.

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