Tomatosaladmexicana Recipes

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• Arrange tomatoes on a platter. Season with salt. Arrange avocado slices on top of tomatoes, dividing evenly. Squeeze lime juice over top. Crumble queso fresco over top. Top salad with cilantro leaves. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve (up to 1 hour). Season with salt and pepper, and drizzle with oil before serving.

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• Tear lettuce into bite size pieces.
• Combine lettuce, cheese, onions, olives and tomatoes in a salad bowl.
• To make dressing, combine avocado, lemon juice, sour cream, oil, sugar, garlic salt and chili powder and mix until smooth.
• This may be done in a blender.
• Toss salad and dressing and add crushed chips last.

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• Layer lettuce, beans and tomatoes in large bowl.
• Mix salsa and sour cream until blended; spread over salad to edge of bowl. Sprinkle with cheese and onions. Refrigerate several hours.
• Sprinkle with chips just before serving; toss lightly.

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• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. In a large skillet, saute corn in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in mustard. Add to vegetable mixture; toss to coat. Serve with a slotted spoon.

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• In a large bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, sour cream, salsa, taco seasoning, vinegar, cilantro and onion. Add romaine and toss to coat. Divide between two salad plates. Top with tomato, cheese, avocado and tortilla chips.

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• Cut avocados in half, working around the pit. Separate the 2 halves. Remove pit and scoop out avocado flesh with a spoon. Wedge avocados and pile in the center of a large platter. Seed and wedge tomatoes and arrange around the avocados. Spread sliced onion over platter. Sprinkle platter with cilantro. Squeeze the juice of 2 limes evenly over vegetables. Season with coarse salt. Drizzle platter with oil and serve.

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• Build your salad on a large platter. Use bib lettuce as the bed, then layer the tomatoes and scatter the red onions around the platter.
• Cut the avocado in half lengthwise cutting around the pit. Separate the halves and scoop out the pit with a spoon, then use the spoon to scoop the avocado from its skin. Place the avocado in a food processor bowl and combine with lemon juice, chopped red onion, cilantro, coarse salt and water. Grind until the avocado mixture is smooth, then stream oil into dressing. Adjust seasonings and pour over salad, then serve. Dressing may be stored 3 or 4 days in airtight container.

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• To Make the Dressing: Put the lime juice, olive oil, mayonnaise, sour cream, cilantro, jalapeno, garlic, cumin, chili powder, and Parmesan in the container of a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• To toast the pumpkin seeds: heat the olive oil in a small skillet and add the pumpkin seeds.
• Toss continuously until the seeds are lightly toasted, about 3 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and let cool.
• To Assemble the Salad: Combine the lettuce, onion, avocado, tortilla chips, and dressing in a large salad bowl.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle the queso fresco and toasted pumpkin seeds over the salad.

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• Lightly oil a 10-inch square oven-proof pan and put in the onion, 1/2 tsp oil and 1/2 tsp vinegar.
• Arrange the tomatoes, cut side up, on a 9x13-inch lightly oiled baking sheet, rub tomatoes with the remaining oil and salt well (or eliminate the salt to your liking).
• Heat oven to 475°F and bake the onions for about 40 minutes and the tomatoes for about 1 hour.
• Switch positions of the pans halfway through the baking.
• Pour beans and their liquid into a saucepan add thyme, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 3-4 minutes, stir.
• Strain the beans over a bowl and reserve the liquid.
• Place beans in a serving bowl and tap all the herbs from the strainer onto the beans.
• Chop 8 tomato halves and stir into the beans along with the fresh basil and onions.
• Moisten with a bit of the reserved bean water if you wish, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the remaining tomato halves around the edge of the salad in the serving bowl.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Drizzle the balsamic vinegar over the salad and then serve.

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• Bring 1 1/2 inches water and lime rinds to a boil in a wide pot; season generously with salt. Add corn; boil until bright yellow and crisp-tender, 3 minutes. Transfer corn to a plate. Add shrimp and fish to pot; remove from heat, cover, and let stand until shrimp are opaque and fish is cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to plate; let cool about 5 minutes. Discard lime. Cut corn from cobs.
• Stir together corn, tomatoes, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and oil. Remove skin from fish; flake into bite-size pieces and stir into corn mixture with shrimp. Let cool completely, stirring occasionally (or refrigerate, covered, up to 1 day). Season with salt and pepper. Serve seafood salad over lettuce, topped with corn nuts.