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Summer tomatoes, corn, crab and avocado salad
Print Summer tomatoes, corn, crab and avocado salad Ingredients 12 oz lump crab meat 1 pint grape tomatoes, cut in ½ 1 hass avocado, diced 2 hot peppers such as jalapeno, diced fine 1½ cups roasted corn kernels (trader joe’s frozen section) ⅓ cup chopped red onion juice of