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Stacked shrimp and avocado salad

Have you ever made a stacked salad? I do it occasionally if I’m working with ingredients that tend to hold together. Avocados are perfect because of their texture, and shrimp work really well too, because of their curved shape.

Yesterday I had the help of the Star Wars Jedis helping me in the kitchen (check it out!), and we made two of these beautiful salads for lunch. I cut one whole avocado into long pieces, coarsely diced part of a cucumber, minced a few teaspoons of red onion, and removed the tails from a dozen large, cooked shrimp. Using two tin cans as molds, I layered the ingredients, making sure a layer of shrimp was on top. After I carefully removed the rings, I sprinkled the salads with snipped chives.

You can find more tips for making stacked salads here.

To make the vinaigrette, whisk together:

• ¼ cup light olive oil
  
• 2 tablespoons red wine or cider vinegar
  
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  

Drizzle vinaigrette over each salad.

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