Svmer is icumen in

Lhude sing cuccu

(Summer has arrived,

Sing loudly, Cuckoo!)

And the fruits are starting to appear. A fast day meal this week was a delicious tribute to the season, marinated jerk chicken with a tropical fruit salsa. The leftover fruit made a fruit salad for dessert to satisfy the rest of the house hold and this lovely fast day work lunch for me.

Tropical Crab Salad

351 calories with avocado or 233 without if you want it even leaner

Tropical Fruit and Crab Salad

1 170g can crabmeat in brine (80 calories)

1 cup diced pineapple (68 calories)

1 cup diced papaya (55 calories)

1/3 cup diced mango (30 calories)

1/4 avocado (118 calories)

Method

Mix fruit together to let the juices merge. Dice avocado in and add drained crabmeat when you are ready to eat. Toss and enjoy.