Sunday, November 10, 2013

Super experimental breakfast

After seeing a ton of egg stuffed baked avocados on Pinterest, I decided to try my hand and give it my own spin. The result was warm avocado deliciousness.
I scooped each half of the avocado into a bowl and added chopped fresh herbs from my garden (basil and cilantro), salt, and fresh ground pepper.  I used a knife to cut the avocado into chunks and mix it with the spices. 
Next I scooped the avocado mix back into the skin and pressed it down to make room for the egg.  I placed each half in the middle of tin foil supports I made and cracked an egg into each half and sprinkled salt and red pepper on top....I did have a bit of a hard time gauging time and temperature but about 15 mins at 400 oughta do it.














To complete the meal, I wanted something slightly different than traditional potatoes, so I whipped up some yucca hash browns.  While they came put very flavorful, I had never cooked yucca before so this was more of practice for what I have planned for next time (stay tuned!).
Finally I cut up some fruit.  Tangerines and mamey.  The mamey was very interesting - it's sweet but it's texture is unusual.  However, it paired well with the stuffed avocados.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Mango Chutney

One of my favorite thing about Florida in the summer is mangos!!!!  I got some nice ripe Chilean mangoes from Publix the other day and whipped up some chutney, here's what I used:

  • 2 ripe mangos
  • Apple Cider vinegar
  • Rice vinegar
  • ground mustard seed 
  • Ginger (I used Chinese ginger)
  • little bit of Cheyenne pepper
  • dash of nutmeg
  • Chopped fresh cilantro
  • juice from about 1/4 lime
Heat up the mango over med-low heat and add about equal portions of the vinegars.  Add the spices.  When sauce starts to thicken add the chopped cilantro and lime juice.  Optional, could add nuts.  Later on I made this chutney sans cilantro but with pecans....also very good.

I use mine as part of my sandwich :)  num num num.....