Magic avocado cream

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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an ear flap hat for Kentucky and a request for some suggestions

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On Monday, Poppa is taking me to Kentucky for 5 days.  While he works, I will have lots of free time and need some suggestions from anyone who is familiar with the Louisville area.  Matthew and I will be loose in Louisville on our own.  If there is anywhere that you think this yarn, antique, fabric etc loving momma should go and see please leave me a comment 🙂  Thank you!

So a trip with my little Matthew on our own necessitated a cute little hat, for him not me 🙂  This little earflap hat used to be my go to for friends who were having a baby.  It is one of those patterns that I thought I would sell in my store (which I closed a few years ago) and then it just stayed in my very big book of patterns. It is a nothing special pattern which has been done a zillion times over by now but still a favorite.  I also never made it for any of my own babies so…. I finally made one for my little guy.  This ear flap hat would fit a 2 or even 4 year old but I like my babies hats to be loose and soft.  So nice to put a hat on him that he doesn’t rip off, maybe its the braids?

Joining Ginny again this week.  Please don’t forget to enter my Cuppow giveaway.  You have until Thursday night midnight to enter when I will pick two lucky winners to each receive a regular size and wide mouth Cuppow mason jar drinking lid.

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