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Magic avocado cream

By on August 16, 2013 in Recipes, Uncategorized

So sorry for getting this post up so late today.  I have been battling this terrible sore throat as well as sinus pain since yesterday and last night was very hard.  Very little sleep, stuffy nose, pain the face and so Poppa watched everyone this morning so I could get a little shut eye.IMG_6945 IMG_6947 IMG_6958 IMG_6960Last night we had Alex and Lewis over for dinner.  Being that she is expecting, I only make her very favorite meals.  Can you believe she only has 4 more weeks?  Eeeps.  It is a weird feeling really to be in love with a baby that is not in your own belly but I love her baby just as much.  Is that how Grandparents really feel?  Oh gosh did I just say the G word???  Still,  I don’t even have my own name yet.  Poppa gets to be called Poppa by his future grandchildren which I find extremely unfair since I will not be allowed to be called Momma.  Alex thinks she might want to be called Momma at some point so I have been relegated to other names which I will not share here because they begin with the G word.  My grandmother was Mama and her mother was Mama to everyone, even people who were not related so naturally I always thought Poppa and I would just be Poppa and Momma to our children and grandchildren.  Anyhoo, back to the dinner.

I went to my blog to find my recipe because I share the recipes that we come up with once they are tried and true in order to keep them in a place that they will not be lost.  The side benefit is that you get to use them too 🙂  Well, I was pretty sure I had shared it but could not find it for the life of me so…. I am sharing my favorite go to cream sauce with you.  This goes over so well with tacos or anything Mexican related but also good on shrimp, seafood, etc.

Magic avocado cream

1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup sour cream
1 avocado
3-4 cloves garlic
juice of 1 lime
sea salt

Put everything in the blender and give it a good whirl!  Taste it and if it needs more salt, add it.  Put it in the refrigerator for an hour for the flavors to develop.  You can’t make this cream too much ahead of time because the avocado will oxidize and change the color of the sauce so just make it before you make your meal then let it hang out in the fridge will you cook everything else up.

I made chicken tacos with this avocado cream a few years ago for my favorite uncle who was visiting.  A few days later I received emails from my cousins asking me how in the world I got him to eat it since he has never eaten chicken at home.  I had no idea.  He never told me he didn’t like chicken and said he loved the meal….it’s the sauce I tell ya.

I have posted the winners to this week’s Cuppow giveaway.  You can see the winner at the bottom of the original blog post here. Thank you all for entering and helping to get the word out about such a cool product!!  There will be no giveaway this week since I will be in Kentucky from Monday until Friday.  I will be blogging from there so I hope you come along with me!

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Meatless Friday Recipe: Spinach pesto

By on February 22, 2013 in Meatless Friday, Recipes

I love pesto, yes I do.  Basil almond pesto is my favorite but we don’t have enough basil during the winter months and so there are many other types that we like to make.  

A few years ago I got into experimenting with different greens in pesto, kale pesto is probably our least favorite though not exactly bad but spinach runs a close second to basil.  It is slightly different but good and spinach is inexpensive to buy organic.  I have lots and lots of baby greens sprouting up in the garden right now so I hope to experiment with those in a few weeks!

Spinach pesto

3 large handfuls of spinach, washed 
3 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 juiced lemon
1/2 cup slightly roasted pecans 
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 teenie pinch of cayenne
2 tspn salt
1 tsp pepper

put the spinach, garlic, cayenne and lemon in the food processor and combine until roughly chopped but not too pureed

add the pecans and parmesan cheese

process while adding the olive oil slowly until pureed

toss with your pasta or put on fish, seafood what have you.  I like to dip bread in it : )

Enjoy your meal outside instead of slaving away in the kitchen

Every week during lent on Friday I will be sharing a meatless meal with you all and I am inviting everyone to link up to a meatless recipe on their own blog.

The only rules are:

1. You must post a link to the actual recipe on your blog and not to your front page.
2. Please place a link in your blog post back here so everyone can find all of our recipes.
3. Only post one recipe per week.

Thats it!

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