Ceviche & Wine!

Happy Wednesday!

Boy, what a busy week it has been! Mr Tan Lines and I have been up to quite a bit the last few days; hopefully I can share our news with you soon!

On a non-related note, we gave Miss Lily a bath on Saturday, this is how she proceeded to celebrate…I swear! We also got her some new tennis balls which she so obviously loved!

We are most certainly counting down the days until warmer weather down here in South Carolina, thankfully though I am happy to report that the so-called snow storm we were supposed to get yesterday turned out to be just rain.

This past weekend I made my first attempt at homemade ceviche, we had the BEST fresh ceviche while we were in Cabo and Mr Tan Lines had a craving for it. It turned out so delicious.

The ingredients I used were probably enough to feed 4 people a small portion, I would recommend for an appetizer course!

Here’s what you’ll need:

1/2 lb fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped into small 1/4 inch pieces

1 small green bell pepper, chopped finely

1/2 red onion, chopped finely (or 1 small whole one)

1 small jalapeño, chopped finely

1 medium tomato, chopped finely

1 avocado, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces

Juice of 5 limes

Juice of 2 lemons

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Chips, for eating with prepared ceviche

Combine all of your ingredients into a medium bowl and you’re done! I let ours sit for 30 minutes before serving (in the fridge), look how delicious it looks! Some recipes recommend you let the ingredients marinate for up to 3 hours, however it tasted perfect after just 30 minutes.

Some things to note:

Be sure to wear gloves when de-seeding and chopping the jalapeño! I only made that mistake once! Also, if you don’t like too much heat, just skip the jalapeño all together.

You can also add a fresh fish or scallops to your dish; I would recommend a white fish such as sea bass, grouper, sole or flounder. If you use fish make sure it is extra fresh and ensure to remove the blood line, all pinbones and any skin.

We ate ours with Tostitos chips but you can use any type of plain light cracker.

We paired our meal with this yummy cab Mr Tan Lines picked up for us.

Cheers!