Shrimp Cocktail Salad

This recipe is a combination of shrimp salad and shrimp cocktail. Its easy to pull together, which is good for me as lately I have not been in the mood to cook. Last night I actually nuked a very ho hum box of mac and cheese for my family. They looked at me suspiciously, but would never dare comment for fear of wearing the mac and cheese. My friends who realize how busy my life has been lately, tease me about taking the time to make homemade meatballs. I guess I just like the way mine taste better. They yell, 'just buy a bag of frozen ones, no one will know.. the world wont come to an end!' I just can't do it....some days I think a bag of frozen meatballs would make my life a whole lot easier.

So today I am forcing myself to make something fresh and delicious, I needed a dish that would assure me that summer really is around the corner.I have always been a big fan of chopped avocados with shrimp, so this is what Ill be serving up tonight, with crunchy crackers of course.

• Juice of 4 limes
• Slightly more than 1/2 cup of ketchup
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 pound of medium sized cooked shrimp, cleaned, tails removed, cut in half
• 1 small red onion finely chopped
• 2 medium avocados peeled and chopped
• Hot sauce
• Salt and pepper
• Fresh chopped cilantro

Mix the ketchup, lime juice and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl. Add the shrimp, onion and avocados, gently toss together. Season with hot sauce and salt and pepper.Cover and place in fridge for about an hour. Top off with fresh cilantro. Not to brag, but this dish really is tasty, I just gobbled up 3 spoonfuls before I wrapped it up. Oh, one last thing, the sweet little glass dishes you see I just picked up for 25 cents a piece at my local thrift shop. ;)