Showing posts with label Avocado and Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avocado and Health. Show all posts

Sunday, April 21, 2013

FOUR MOUTH WATERING WAYS TO EAT AVOCADO...



FOUR MOUTH WATERING WAYS TO EAT AVOCADO…


Well in previous post I told you three of seven mouth watering ways to eat avocado, the other four of them are here now. If you think you know all the ways to eat avocado, then think again. & if you are not much of an avocado kind of person then prepare to be converted.



1st: NOT SO TRADITIONAL ENGLISH BREAKFAST

If you fancy a fry up with a twist why not swap your bacon for avocado? It makes a greasy fry up suddenly seem somewhat more sophisticated whilst providing you with a creamy goodness once your avocado has mixed with your gooey eggs.

Ingredients:

2 eggs
2 pieces of whole meal toast

½ - 1 mighty avocado
Salt & pepper to toast

Poach the eggs & toast the bread. Spread the mighty avocado on both pieces of the toast with a fork, mashing it into the bread. Place the eggs on top of the avocado & sprinkle with salt & pepper.



2nd: CRISP BACON & AVOCADO TOASTS

Now, totally going against recipe number 4 which sneezed up the typical morning fry up by replacing bacon with avocado, this time we are taking both bacon & avocado & marrying them up in the perfect edible union.

Ingredients:

4 rashers smoked bacon, streaky
6 cherry tomatoes, halved

1 small ripe avocado, peeled & stoned
Squeeze lime juice

Pinch dried chili flakes
2 chunky slices granary bread

Heat grill to high. Put the bacon & cherry tomatoes, cut side up, on a grill rack & grill for 10 mines, turning the bacon halfway through, until crisp. Meanwhile, roughly mash the avocado with a fork & stir in the lime juice, chili flakes, some salt, if you like, & pepper. Toast the bread until golden & spoon on the mashed avocado. Top with the tomatoes & bacon, then serve.



3rd: AVOCADO SMOOTHIE

This recipe was passed on to me from a friend.

Ingredients:

1 large or 2 small avocado
1 x 150ml pot apricot yogurt

500ml real pineapple juice
1 ice cubes

Place in a blender & blend until smooth.



4th: NEW YORK GOODWHICH

Oh goodness. I do not know if you are ready for this. The magnitude of the sheer mouth watering marvelous-ness of the recipe that I am about to impart on you is of epic proportions. It may not sound amazing, but you just have to have faith. You Go.

Ingredients:

1 cup broccoli
2 tablespoons carrot, grated

2 tablespoons red cabbage, grated
2 tablespoons courgette grated

A cup of barbecued onions (see below)
1 whole-wheat pita

1-2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
3 thin slivers of dill pickle

½ cup finely shredded lettuce
½ an avocado

Sea salt & pepper to taste
Break the broccoli up into little pieces & steam until tender. Combine the carrot, cabbage & courgette altogether & mix thoroughly.

BBQ onions

2 tablespoons oil
1 white onion

2-3 good squirts of your favorite BBQ sauce
In a small skillet heat the oil. Add the onion to the pan & sauté until it begins to soften. Add the BBQ sauce, & continue sautéing, stirring frequently, until onion is thoroughly wilted. This makes enough for 3-4 Good which.

Assembling the Good which

Heat your pita breads in the oven of toaster until they are soft but not crisp & then cut a sliver in the top so that the pocket opens easily. Combine all the ingredients & stuff into the pocket. Be prepared to be blown away.

For all the ways to eat avocado, the recipes listed here are some of my all time favorites. It is such a versatile fruit which can be used to not only add nutrition but an incredible taste to any meal. Does anyone else have any killer ways to eat avocado? If so, sharing is caring, people…

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

THREE MOUTH WATERING WAYS TO EAT AVOCADO.


THREE MOUTH WATERING WAYS TO EAT
AVOCADO…


Well I know at least seven mouth watering ways to eat avocado, three of them are here others will be in next post. If you think you know all the ways to eat avocado, then think again. & if you are not much of an avocado kind of person then prepare to be converted.


1st: POTENTIALLY THE BEST SANDWICH IN THE WORLD

I want to share this recipe with you all as one of the many ways to eat avocado, but you need to know that this is not just any old way to eat avocado. Your life will not be the same after it. You are welcome.

Here goes...

Ingredients:

2 slices wholegrain bread, lightly toasted

3 or 4 lengthwise slices cucumber
½- 1 avocado

2-3 leaves of crunchy hearts of romaine lettuce
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise

Rock salt/pepper to taste
Toast the bread & then spread a generous amount of mayonnaise on each piece. With a fork scoop out some of the avocado from its shell & spread over one piece of toast, then sprinkle with rock salt. Lay 1-2 pieces of lettuce on top of the mayo & then place 3-4 strips of cucumber on top of the lettuce. Place the remaining lettuce on the cucumber, spread the other piece of toast with avocado, sprinkle with salt & put the sandwich together.

Whoever thought to combine avocado & cucumber in a sandwich deserves a medal, or at least a really powerful high five (the kind that stings). The creamy texture of the avocado mixed with the moistness (yes I used THAT word) of the cucumber is insanely good.


2nd: RIDICULOUSLY TASTY JUICE


I am a big fan of juicing & try to drink at least one fresh juice a day. This recipe containing avocado is my all time favorite juice recipe. Every time I have made one of these for anyone, they have not only loved the taste but couldn't believe all the goodness that was packed into it. Why hold your nose & down your liquid 5 a day when you can sip each precious slurp of this wonderful concoction… enjoy.

Ingredients:

2 apples
¼ of a pineapple (or more if you want)

2 handfuls of spinach
½ cucumbers.
½ avocado.
First off cut up & rinse all of the ingredients except for the avocado. Place piece of apple in the juice chute first followed by the spinach & all other fruit & vege, excluding the avocado. Take the juice just made & blend together with the avocado either in a blender or with an electric hand wiz. Never put the avocado through the juicer, ever. Pour juice over ice in a tall glass & prepare to be in juice heaven.



3. SIMPLE YET SATISFYING


If you are in a hurry but need to eat, then let the mighty avocado come to your rescue. Simply slice one of those puppies open & sprinkle lightly with some rock salt & Bob’s your uncle. Not only tasty, the avocado is said to be literally one of the healthiest foods on the planet. It contains over 25 essential nutrients which keep you looking & feeling healthy as well as protect you against a number of nasty diseases.


For all the ways to eat avocado, the recipes listed here are some of my all time favorites. It is such a versatile fruit which can be used to not only add nutrition but an incredible taste to any meal. Does anyone else have any killer ways to eat avocado? If so, sharing is caring, people…