No Time for food Mexican Shrimp Salad

Sheesh...we are so busy irrigating and moving cattle around, not to mention chasing kids that I am not sure most moments if I am coming or going...
And, MAN, is good help hard to find. We have had three different 18 year old young men working for us this summer and not a one made it into July. It is irrigating, not too hard on the brain, not too hard on the labor end; but, well, now I sound like all the older generation friends and family, kids just don't want to work these days! Sure like that paycheck though. So, now I am trying to get this ranch irrigated and not for lack of trying, but I just ain't much good at it! At any rate, the kids and I do like this for a quick lunch:

Mexican Shrimp Salad

1# cooked, peeled shrimp (I use the 20-30 count shrimp)
2 avacadoes, diced
1 or 2 cucumbers, diced
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
2 or 3 green onions, chopped, or a slice of large onion, diced
1 clove garlic, chopped finely
2 cups tomato juice
juice of 2 limes or about 2 TBSPs
salt (I really like Kosher salt) to taste
pepper to taste
1 jalapeno, finely diced
few dashes of hot sauce - or more, we like it spicy!

Mix it all together, serve it up with chips, crackers or other bread - yummy, a light summer lunch or appetizer. You can take the shrimp right from the freezer, run cold water over them for a meoment or two and put them right into the salad - keeps everything cold!

That Famous Cheese Dip, made with Game Meat!

yumm - I think everyone I know has a version of the cheese dip made with Ro-tel tomatoes, sausage and velveeta or cheese soup.... this is even better and just another way to share your hunting reward with your pals.
Shane went feral hog hunting a few years back and had the processor make some sausage out of it. We should have done the whole thing in sausage because it was so delicious, and I had a hard time coming up with ways to cook the rest of it that we actually enjoyed! Most processors I know that do game meat have a sausage recipe, and it is usually really good. This is a great thing to do with that sausage, but you can also just use ground meat. It is a must-have for football games, get togethers and just fun family time (just be ready to munch a lot!)

Wild Cheesey Dip
1 lb of game sausage (or ground meat with sausage spices added, see note)
1 can Ro-tel spicy tomatoes
1 can nacho cheese soup
1 small box of Velveeta, cubed
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I use cheddar montary jack mix)

brown meat well, add rest of ingredients and heat until cheese is melted through. Mix well. Be careful, it will burn if the heat is too high.
Put in the crock pot and leave on low and serve with your favorite chips and have lots of friends enjoy it with you.

Note: If I use ground meat, I add a few dashes of garlic salt, lots of pepper, a pinch of sage (careful, this stuff is strong!) and a few shakes of chile pequin or paprika.