Crab Stuffed Avocado

Ingredients

• 1 lb cooked cooked chilled rinsed and picked over fresh crabmeat
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped scallion
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish (can also use half sweet pickle and half dill pickle)
• 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
• 2-3 avocados
• paprika

Directions

1. 1

   Place the crabmeat in a paper towel-lined bowl.

2. 2

   Allow to stand for 15 minutes.

3. 3

   Remove paper towel.

4. 4

   Mix mayonnaise, lemon pepper, celery, pickle relish and toasted almonds together.

5. 5

   Gently toss with crabmeat.

6. 6

   Slice avocado in 2 around the seed.

7. 7

   Split and remove seed and discard.

8. 8

   If desired, put a little lemon juice on the avocado before filling. Fill seed hole and tops of avocado with crab mixture sprinkle with a little paprika, and serve immediately on a green bed of lettuce.