Expand your use of this healthy fruit with these four recipes, featuring a green smoothie, avocado dressing, chocolate avocado bread, and chocolate avocado pudding.
Category: Appetizers and Snacks
Fruit and Yogurt with Walnut Date Topping
Yummy as a light breakfast or as a little pick-me-up snack, this simple fruit bowl has been a favorite of mine this summer. Try it out! Ingredients: Swap these 1st four ingredients out as desired to include your favorite fruits. Apples, raspberries, peaches, strawberries...whatever is fresh and in season. 1 chopped nectarine (pit removed, of course!)1/2… Continue reading Fruit and Yogurt with Walnut Date Topping
Scallion Pancakes
Of all the plants I've started from seed, I think I'm most impressed with the Parade onions. They start out so tiny, they seem like they are going nowhere, and then all of a sudden - they take off. When I pick one of these bad boys, I want to make sure I use every… Continue reading Scallion Pancakes
Lemon Hummus
I never intended to like hummus. I have a long-standing distain for Garbanzo beans (a.k.a. chick peas - never trust a bean with an alias.) And I'll admit, I cringe when I see a salad with these guys perched on top. Blech. But hummus, when made the way I like it, really lemony with a… Continue reading Lemon Hummus
Real Easy Salsa
This is a fresh, easy salsa that requires no cooking, tomato peeling, etc. Gotta use up the cilantro before it bolts on me! Ingredients 4-5 medium, ripe tomatoes, chopped, seeds removed 1/2 large Vidalia onion, chopped 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (less if you're not a big fan) 1 medium cucumber, peeled and chopped, seedy… Continue reading Real Easy Salsa
Clover and Thyme 