Is ceviche healthy?

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txgator
txgator Posts: 65
in Food and Nutrition
I am going to make some for the weekend. I am going to use
1/2 fish & 1/2 shrimp
tomatoes
peppers
limes
cilantro
onion
Avocado

Its uncooked and nothing but those ingredients are included. I may even forego the tortilla chips....

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  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
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    VERY!
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
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    Just look at the ingredient list. YES!
  • RichardWhitman
    RichardWhitman Posts: 105 Member
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    love it.....make me some please?
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
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    Yes it is! Just watch the sodium level and plan around it. :)
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
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    how do you make it?
  • photorific
    photorific Posts: 577 Member
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    Absolutely! It's one of my favorite healthy summer items! :love: And, I just eat it by the spoonful. (Always have... it was only a few weeks ago that I found out most people put it on chips or a tostada or something, LOL.)
  • Floricienta
    Floricienta Posts: 209
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    It is. I LOVE IT!!!!!
  • Andee08
    Andee08 Posts: 147 Member
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    As long as you get good quality fish and shrimp you should be fine. Civeche is very healthy, but I live in a land locked state I wouldn't dare try it with fish that has been shipped in.
  • pricetm83
    pricetm83 Posts: 49
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    That all sounds SO yummy!
  • rainbowbuggy
    rainbowbuggy Posts: 320
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    Sounds really really yummy! ;-)
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
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    it totally is! :D
  • luscadero
    luscadero Posts: 92 Member
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    yes! Definitely. One of my favorites! I live a couple blocks from a taco stand that makes the best ceviche, and I eat it all summer :) (no chips!)
  • txgator
    txgator Posts: 65
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    Well thanks everyone. I figured it was but lately my way of thinking had been, if it tastes this amazing it cant be good..lol

    to make it, just cut the shrimp and fish into small cubes and put it in a bowl. I then put the juice from the limes in a bowl and refrigerate it for 4 hours.

    Mean while I chop (cube) the tomatoes
    Finely chop the cilantro and peppers
    Chop up the Onions
    Chop up the avocado

    After 4 hourse I add the rest of the ingredients, mix well and refrigerate overnight. (You dont have to, I just like to give it time to "bond" the flavors)

    As far as amounts it all depends on you. If you like a lot of tomatoes, put alot in. Not crazy about Serrano peppers or cilantro? (you MUST be crazy), then dont add.

    Some people also add tomato juice and make it almost like a cold soup (Gaspacho-ish?)
  • ejmcam
    ejmcam Posts: 533 Member
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    It's healthy, but I only make it with the freshest seafood I can find. Since your not techically cooking it, you want to be sure that the fish has not had a chance to accumulate bacteria.
  • ejmcam
    ejmcam Posts: 533 Member
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    That shoudl have said "technically NOT cooking it"
  • BEERRUNNER
    BEERRUNNER Posts: 3,049 Member
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    TOTALLY healthy!!!!! I dont put avocado in mine but everything on your list I do! get yourself a real HOT salsa and your ready to roll!
  • cckeimig
    cckeimig Posts: 194 Member
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    Absolutely MARVELOUSLY healthy! :-)
    Not to mention delicious, of course!
  • minnie86
    minnie86 Posts: 187
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    Yum, super healthy! I say it wouldn't hurt to eat it over a tostada
  • BEERRUNNER
    BEERRUNNER Posts: 3,049 Member
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    Yum, super healthy! I say it wouldn't hurt to eat it over a tostada

    Thats how I roll!!!! with Hot salsa!

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