We got avocados & tomatoes in last week’s Farm Fresh delivery bin (they should sponsor us haha) so I decided to make guacamole. The recipe book that came with our Vita-mix had a recipe which we followed other than leaving out the cilantro. It turned out great, yet slightly bland, but not knowing what it needed, we left it alone. I take that back, we added some Korean red pepper to spice it up. We bought the makings for the next salsa attempt, but since it’s all canned I’m waiting.
Here’s the recipe
Guacamole
Yield: 1 1/2 cups (360 g)
Speed: Variable
Time: 15-20 seconds
Ingredients
2 ripe avocados, peeled, pitted
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons (30 ml) lemon juice
1/4 cup (40 g) chopped onion
1 medium tomato, halved
1/2 cup (10 g) fresh cilantro leaves
1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
2. Select Variable 1.
3. Turn machine on and quickly increase speed to 3.
4. Blend for 15-20 seconds, using the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.
5. You may need to stop the machine and run a spatula around the inside of the container to integrate ingredients.
6. Do not over mix. Leave chunky. Serve with tortilla chips.
Optional:Garnish with diced tomatoes and parsley.
Health Classification: Diabetic Friendly, Low Carb, Low Cholesterol, Heart Healthy, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Raw
Meal Type: Appetizers
Since the weather started getting warmer many things have been just wrong. I’m not sleeping well and I wake tired regardless of what time I go to bed. Doing my morning work out is so hard and I gave up on the extra running routine I was working on. Lately I’ve been over eating which on top of being more lazy has caused me to gain some weight back I’d been keeping off for months. Jeans are tighter again and I feel terrible about it. On Friday I caved and got cookies I used to love that I knew had egg & butter in them, which just gave me a stomach ache in the end. *sigh*
I started taking alavert over the counter allergy meds that dissolve in your mouth. It helped my allergies, but I was starting to feel like they had altered my mood so I stopped taking them. For a few days there I was a bitchy mess when I woke up, which is so not like me. I was always the type that wakes with the alarm, alert and ready to go. I don’t know where that person has gone. Being tired every morning has taken that away, but the bitchy me is gone at least. My doctor has thought that allergies making it difficult to breathe at night have kept me from a deep sleep. I would have thought this would pass after taking the alavert a week or so, but nothing changed.
This tiredness makes cooking a chore sometimes. I’m uninspired and thus don’t want to post about what we have been making. Sometimes we post photos on twitter or here at least. I don’t recall this happening last summer, this is a drag.
In other news:
we’re getting our second Farm Fresh Delivery this Wednesday! I customized the order this time, so we’ll see how that goes.
We’ve used the vitamix in lots of useful ways so far. We made our own peanut butter with just roasted peanuts. We ground our own coffee beans, made a salad dressing (see previous post), smoothies, pancake batter (just mixed, but mixed nicely), chopped onions and more. I thought I bought veggies to make a soup, but we never made one, so maybe we didn’t.
We signed up for Farm fresh Delivery due to a coupon offer and got our first delivery Weds 05/26. I had missed the customizing option so we got what they sent me and I’m totally happy with that. We got stuff we wouldn’t have picked and because of that we’re learning new stuff! Tonight I’m going to attempt this recipe for Radish Curry with some modifications so we don’t have to buy some of the spices.
Ok well that wasn’t what this post was going to be about, but I got distracted. I brought up Farm Fresh delivery because we got a bunch of fruit so I made a smoothie yesterday and today for breakfast. I just threw stuff in and blended and luckily they were both great! Yesterday was strawberries, blueberries, ice and agave nectar. Today I did and orange, strawberries, blueberries, ice, flax seed, and honey.
It turned out pretty good, but how wrong can you go with blended juice drink?
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