If you have time to play with your food...

The other day I bought an avocado thinking it could be a nice treat. I love avocados for their taste and texture and best of all, the fun recipes you can try with them.

I've made guacamole quite a few times since getting to Finland so for lunch today [I'm still staring at it mesmerized, I decided to write this post first...] I decided to make an avocado salad. After inspiring myself from www.allrecipes.com, I came up with this...



And since most people, myself included, find it easier to drool over pictures of food than to actually make it, I thought I'd do a picture post on making this salad. This way, you can see how easy it is, and you might feel inclined to put your pizza back in the freezer and try something else. [That comment was directed at all my student friends struggling to eat like a normal person. Macaroni and cheese, anyone?]

Irina's Avocado-Tomato Salad
Makes 1-2 servings.
- 1.5-2 juicy tomatoes.
- 1 peeled, de-pitted and sliced avocado.
- 1/8 diced red onion.
- a small handful of walnuts.
- a small handful of grated beets.
- extra virgin olive oil.
- a dash of pepper.

Step 1.
Peel, cut and pit avocado. Arrange in bowl or plate in any way you desire.




Step 2.
Cut tomatoes and throw in bowl... or arrange ;)


Step 3.
Dice your 1/8th of a red onion and throw it in.


Step 4.
Add some grated beets for extra sweetness and some walnuts, if you'd like. I didn't have any cashews but I think those would've gone best!


Step 5.
Top it with some extra virgin olive oil and a bit of pepper and voila!
Lunch/side-dish is ready. The best part is, you can play around with the ingredients. I just threw in the beets because I'd tried this amazing salad in Helsinki that had some very eccentric ingredients, but it was nonetheless delicious. I'm also going through some beet fanaticism right now [see Dwight Schroot in The Office] and I happened to have had some grated beets in the fridge!

In any case,
Enjoy :)