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

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Kandi's Breakfast Sandwich!

This sandwich has been done over and over. So I do not get an A for originality, and I can handle that. Because this sandwich makes me happy. Also because I have been sick and not been able to eat. I made my husband one before he left for work (because I rock like that) and decided to make myself one as well. Sadly I wasn't able to finish it simply because I am not ready for a ton of food. BUT, on any other day, that sandwich would NOT have stood a chance. At all. When you combine my 3 fave things, bacon, chipotle and avocado.....you can not go wrong. At all.

So here is my not so original recipe, but it makes me smile and it is pretty.



Kandi's Breakfast Sandwich!

bread to your liking and toasted

crispy bacon

a little bit of mayo, half of an avocado, and a half of a diced chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (more or less depending on how spicy you would like it) all mashed together

fried egg (or poached, up to you)....I fry mine in coconut oil

slice of your fave cheese

lettuce and tomato


Layer the way that makes you happy!

Enjoy.

Now back to the sick couch and some hot tea for me. :(  Buh bye!



Monday, March 29, 2010

A Santa Fe Beef Salad Un-Recipe


Un-Recipe because it was kind of thrown together after I couldn't find the ingredients for the original recipe I was going to try. I wanted something pretty light and good clean flavor. I have still been eating in vacation mode, ya know?


Here is the gist of the salad:


Flank Steak: marinated in a mix of oil, minced garlic, sea salt, freshly ground pepper, cumin, and maybe more. Haha. The husband mixed it together, so I am not certain what all is in it. We like to keep it simple so you can actually taste the meat. After it was marinated for a couple of hours, it was slapped on the grilled to mouth watering goodness. Then we squeezed a tad of lime on it while it was still hot. After letting the meat sit, we thinly sliced it.


Green leaf lettuce: You know...wash it....chop it....arrange on a platter or in a bowl


Diced tomatoes: I wanted plum, Target didn't have plum....so I used on the vine


Thinly sliced red onion because it is pretty


Avocado: ours was mangled due to a little girl who wouldn't stop eating the avocado slices. I couldn't cut it fast enough.


Homemade Tortilla Chips...cause they are good. Just don't make too many...because you can't stop eating them. You should only make a handful. And when I say you, I mean me.


Black beans: rinsed and drained


Arrange it all in a pretty fashion and add a pinch of sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Use dressing of choice, but I kept it light and just used lime juice. You can also top with your fave salsa and cheese.


That was fancy, huh? :)

Friday, July 18, 2008

Red Quinoa Black Bean Salad


My first time every making quinoa. So I just followed a simple recipe that came with my Inka Red Quinoa. I was more than impressed and now that I know what the texture is like, I can't wait to try some more original dishes.

Make a note if you have never made it before. Cooked quinoa has little white sprouts coming out that might look like little worms and have you googling frantically about worm infested quinoa. Luckily I read this exact warning so I was prepared. Haha. !



RED QUINOA BLACK BEAN SALAD
1 cup red quinoa
2 cups water
4 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or more to taste
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground coriander
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons minced scallions
1 ½ cups cooked black beans (one 15 oz can)
2 cups diced tomatoes (one 24 oz can, drained and diced)
1 cup diced red bell pepper 2 teaspoons minced fresh (or canned)
diced avocado
green chilies
salt and black pepper to taste
Add red quinoa to 2 cups of water. Cover and simmer about 10-15 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. Set aside to cool. Combine lime juice, cumin, coriander, cilantro, scallions, beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, and chilies. Add cooled quinoa, salt and pepper to taste. Serves 2-3

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Avocado, How I Love Thee

Other than my husband and a few other things *coughandygarciacoughtomwellingcoughgaryoldmancough*, few things make me swoon....but the avocado is flawless.
It can hold it's own with spice but yet mingle with the sweet.

As I type this I am eating a left over potato/pepper blend I made last night (onion, red potatoes, sweet bell pepper, jalapenos, serrano pepper, garlic and spices all sauteed in oil) mixed with egg. A hot spicy dish but quickly cooled by a diced avocado. Drool.

The other half of my avocado this morning was given to my 3 year old daughter: diced and in avocado's own skin (we call it her avocado bowl). I think my love for avocados has been passed down.

I could go on and on, but I think you get my love for the buttery fruit.

And, here are some interesting facts about my dear avocado:
http://www.avocado.org/about/fun_facts.php