Health and nutrition

Mexican style guacamole

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe Hass avocados
• 1 tomato
• ½ onion
• 3 jalapeño chiles
• Cilantro to taste
• 1 T. olive oil
• ½ lime
• Salt to taste
• Tortilla chips

Directions:

• Cut avocados open and discard pit. Scoop out flesh with a spoon and mash well
• Add olive oil to help slow oxidation (browning)
• Chop tomato, onion and chiles in small cubes and add some finely-chopped cilantro as well as a few drops of lime juice to this pico de gallo mixture
• Stir well and blend into the avocado. Salt to taste and serve with tortilla chips

Avocado and shrimp sushi

(yields 4 rolls)

Filling Ingredients:

• 1 avocado
• 12 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1 T. chipotle chile
• Salt to taste
• Pepper al gusto

Ingredients for assembling sushi:

• 2 sheets of nori seaweed, cut in half
• 2 cups of cooked sushi rice
• 1 avocado
• ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds

Directions - filling:

• Mix oil and chipotle chile. Brush over shrimps, sprinkle with salt and pepper and sear them in hot oil for just 2 minutes.
• Set aside; when cool enough, cut each in half.
• Mash avocado in a bowl, salt and pepper to taste and set aside.

Directions - roll:

• Place half a sheet of nori seaweed on a sushi rolling mat, spread with avocado mixture. Arrange a layer of rice over it, pressing lightly.
• Fold mat and flip so seaweed is now on top.
• PLACE shrimp down the center
• Carefully roll with the help of the mat
• Divide the second avocado in very thin slices, cover each roll and sprinkle with sesame seeds
• Slice into 8 equal size rolls

Avocado Pie

Ingredients:

• 2 medium avocados
• 1 pkg. cream cheese
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• ¼ cup lime or lemon juice
• Pinch of salt

Directions:

• Line a pie plate with waxed paper.
• Add avocados, condensed milk and cream cheese to blender.
• Toss in a pinch of salt and blend until smooth.
• Add citrus juice and blend once more.
• Pour mixture into center of prepared pie plate and spread evenly.
• Refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours.
• Unmold and place on a plate: garnish with fruit.