Avocado Extravaganza

When avocados went on sale for .50 over Superbowl weekend, to say that I was gitty would be an understatement.  It literally made me smile when I looked at the ad.  I bought 10.  Now that I only have one in the refrigerator I'm wishing I'd bought more.  Oh, well.  These last few weeks have been heavenly.

Besides salads, sandwiches, and guacamole, there was a list of recipes I wanted to tackle with these green goodies.  Most of them have been sitting on my Pinterest board patiently waiting their turn.  As sad as I am to see avocados back up to $1, I can look forward to Superbowl weekend again.  Only 50 ish weeks away!

Avocado smashed on multigrain toast- delish!

So here's the line up and some notes on each recipe.

Avocado-chickpea Sandwich from Two Peas and Their Pod
      We had this for lunch today, and even though my two-year-old stuck her nose up at it, I thought it was fantastic.  I didn't have any cilantro so I left it out.  Honestly, smashing everything together was kind of a pain, so I'll probably stick everything in mini chopper next time.  I also added about 1 T. of plain yogurt because it looked a little dry.

Mexican Lime Soup with Chicken from Williams Sonoma
      S liked this more than I did.  I didn't put the cheese on it, and it probably would have helped a lot.  The lime is pretty powerful, but it's a lime soup so I suppose it's allowed to be.  But, it was good.

Chicken and Avocado Enchiladas from Gimme Some Oven
       In a word: winner. I couldn't find poblano peppers.  I checked three times, no go.  So, I subbed some green bell peppers.  They were okay.  I cut them too big and didn't soften them enough before I put them in the tortilla.  They are an okay sub, but I would recommend finding the real thing.  The sauce it to die for.

Egg-Avocado Wrap from Never Home Maker
        I was super excited about this idea, but only thought it was okay.  The curry was kind of strong.  I would definitely try something like this again, maybe adding some cilantro and lime like in the chickpea salad.  C loved it though.  Anything with eggs is a winner in her book.

Avocado Smoothie from Martha Stewart
        This was S's contribution to the green line up.  To tell you the truth I was a little hesitant to drink something in such an interesting green color, but it was delightful.  I really liked it.  The creaminess of the banana and avocado balances the sweetness of the orange and honey.  Five stars.