Vegetarian Recipe #14!

Hi guys, I just made vegetarian recipe #14 2 nights ago for dinner!  I'm so close!  While in Santa Fe, I promised I would learn to love avocados.  Prior to my trip, I'm ashamed to admit that I'd never tried avocado (or guac) - the color just freaked me out.  I wanted to love them, though...full of good fats...come on!  So, I tried them, loved them, and the rest is history.

I made this for Sarah and she also loved it - said it was one of the tastiest things she'd ever had.   

Vegetarian Recipe #14 - Avocado and Macadamia nut tartines:
1 avocado - halved and sliced
3/4 cup macadamias - toasted and chopped in the food processor
1 small carrot - peeled and chopped into coarse little bites
salt
coriander
cumin
1 small garlic clove - also chopped in the food processor
basil - for topping
olive oil
Couple of slices good hearty bread - we used focaccia

Toast your macadamias for about 10-15 minutes at 300-350 degrees. Then let them cool while you toast up your bread in the oven.

Grind your macadamias + salt  + cumin + coriander (I don't have good estimates of how much of the spices I used - just to taste) and add the garlic.  Pulse it but don't completely pulverize it - it's tasty chunky.  Mix with the coarsely chopped carrot.  Drizzle olive oil on your bread then top with the sliced avocado.  Top the avocado with the macadamia nut mixture.  Top with basil.

I adapted the recipe from this blog:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/avocado-coconut-oil-tartine-recipe.html

Have a great day!

Peace,

J

Scenes from the trip....

 

Hi everybody, I'm back!  It's a bit bittersweet - I had the greatest time you could imagine.  I learned an incredible amount, made great friends, and enjoyed every second of my Santa Fe time.  

Sorry I've been out of touch lately - while I was there I felt like I needed to disconnect a little bit.  

Some big changes have been happening in life since I got back.  Santa Fe was life-altering and made me reconsider what I want out of life, my career, and my relationships.  For the time-being, I need to focus on myself and something that I've always had trouble doing - being with just myself.  

I'll leave it at that for now.  The little dogs were SO HAPPY TO SEE ME.  It was the cutest thing :-)  I am so happy to be reunited with my little loves!  I am also so happy & excited to be back to the lab!  Nothing like some time away from crappy data & results to rejuvenate you to try again!!  

Have a wonderful day!

Peace,

J