Savory Avocado Spread
Last night my friend Deb and I discussed our ideas and hopes for the new year and the incoming president.
Deb said she is moved to become a public school teacher. I shared with her that I would like to set up a gardening business for young people. I think it would be great fun to get a group of kids in their 20's fresh out of school, looking for work and help them start a business in which they would grow vegetable gardens in people's front and back yards.
They would charge by the hour for their services and their customers would get home grown food.
I like this business model as it promotes jobs, local economies and organic agriculture. Please, feel free to use my little idea and set it up in your own neighborhood!
When you think about how much time/money people spend having the flowers and lawns in their yards maintained and ponder ripping out just some of those ornamentals to replace them with functional vegetable gardens...well, all those little yards add up to a lot of self sustainable agriculture
We tore out a good part of our yard last spring and feasted on delicious home grown veggies into the late fall. The tomatoes were delectable and the kale (which my boys love to eat) just kept on coming.
Anyway, while shopping for groceries at the health food store (our land is currently barren) I treated myself to 2 avocados and turned them into this delicious little dish. Hope you enjoy it!
2 ripe avocados
½ cup packed herbs, chopped (I used basil, cilantro and parsley)
1 tablespoon lime juice
¼ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- Place avocados, herbs, lime juice, chili and salt in a food processor
- Process until smooth
- Serve
Serves 4-6
This dish is based on a recipe in One Bite at a Time
Posted on January 6, 2009 in condiments by Elana
you might also like: Easy Avocado Dip
or Creamy “Ricotta” Dip
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What a fantastic business idea! I couldn't agree with you more about lawns etc being a total waste of resources. Veggie and herb gardens are beautiful. Wouldn't it be great to see useable gardens in every yard instead of grass! I love this idea!
Greener yards and lovely green avocado spread--fantastic! I am a fanatic about abandoning all the baloney that is done on yards. I am just trying to convince hubby to give up on grass as we live in the woods and let nature take its course. So far so good for spring and fall. We don't have enough sunlight for gardening, but we're avoiding the fertilizer, lime, etc. routine. (Since we live on a lake, that always really concerned me.) I think the gardening is a fantastic idea. If people can buy decorative, flowering kale each year, why not the real thing that has a much greater benefit? (BTW, Melissa at glutenfreeforgood.com posted a terrific kale chips recipe this summer, http://www.glutenfreeforgood.com/blog/?p=388)
I had a half an avocado with almonds for breakfast. Delish. This recipe looks like a winner for one of the spreads/dips for our upcoming Valentine's Day party--thanks!
Shirley
Good ideas in your blog. I was a landscape contractor and one of the first proponents of edible landscapes (at least that I was aware of). We used small lawns, and introduced so many people to strawberry and lemon Guavas in place of purely decorative shrubs, planted hundreds of avocado, citrus and other fruiting trees - and incurred the wrath of more than one Architectural Review Board in the process. It is heartening to see these ideas coming to fruition after all these years.
BTW, you forgot the important ingredients to your Guacamole - Garlic and onion... Salsa instead of of chili power adds texture, and mashing instead of blending makes each bite unique...
Oh my, I ADORE avocados/guacamole-type dips, so that spread looks SENSATIONAL!!
Great post, great business idea, and well, great recipe too. (I'd agree with Mike on the garlic...) Edible landscapes are the way to go. There is an urban permaculture class coming up in April that is worth checking