Avocado-Shrimp Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 small avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and cut up
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 garlic clove
1/4 tsp. salt
dash of bottled hot pepper sauce
1 lb. peeled and deveined shrimp, cooked and chilled
18 cherry tomatoes, halved
4 oz. Swiss or Gruyere cheese, cut into julienne strips
6 c. torn lettuce

Preparation

For dressing, in a blender container combine avocado, buttermilk, cream cheese, lemon juice, garlic, salt and hot pepper sauce.
Cover and blend until smooth.
Arrange shrimp, tomatoes and cheese strips over lettuce.
If desired, sprinkle with pepper. Drizzle with dressing.
Makes 6 main dish servings.