Thursday, January 05, 2006

extolling the virtues of the avocado

ethnicly sheek
ethnicly sheek,
originally uploaded by Waldie's World.
our friend, ian was so thoughtful as to give us for christmas the BEST cookbook EVER! (no offense to any other cookbook anyone has ever given me in the past). it's written by angela shelf medearis who writes children's books, aparently. but that's neither here nor there.

i've only been home from vacation about 1 week and i've already made 4 recipes from this book. it's just totally cool. the best so far?

check this out (wow is it good!):
avocado, grapefruit, and spinach salad

1 large, firm avocado, peeled, seeded and sliced
1 large pink grapefruit, peeled, seeded and divided into sections
6 c. baby spinach leaves
1/4 c. grapefruit juice
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 c. olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground pepper

combine avocado and grapefruit and chill for 30 minutes.

mix all the remaining ingredients together (except spinach) with a wisk. dish out the spinach onto plates. cover with avocado and grapefruit and pour over dressing.

(the dressing itself is sooooo good. very refreshing!)

2 comments:

Baldman76 said...

Yes, this salad was REALLY good. Quite strange for the first few bites, but it really is a good combo.

discipleassisi said...

that sounds so yummy...