Grilled Avocado with Tomato Salad

This salad on a bed of butter lettuce would be a great lunch or the start to a meatless Monday dinner.

Grilled Avocado and Tomato Salad

Tomato Salad:

1 cup grape tomatoes, cleaned and sliced in quarters

1 teaspoon Jalapeno, finely diced

2 Tablespoons sweet onion, finely diced

1 small clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon sea salt

freshly ground pepper, to taste

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice

In a small ceramic bowl, mix all the ingredients together and set aside.

For the grilled avocado:

2 avocados sliced in half

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice

Combine olive oil and lime juice and brush over insides of avocado.

Heat grill to medium and grill avocado for about 4 minutes, it will be warm and leave grill marks.

Put avocados on a platter and top with tomato salad.