Showing posts with label avocado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label avocado. Show all posts

Monday, February 18, 2013

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.