Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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

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