Phred
2008-07-21 10:32:41 UTC
[Posted to aus.food so there is *something* in the group for July!]
Phred's Avo & tomato luncheon snack (serves 1)
Ingredients:
Half a perfectly ripe avocado
1 only red-ripe medium tomato
3 or 4 or more "crackers" [See notes below]
Salt, ground pepper, and a light but spicey salad dressing [See notes]
Method:
1. Slice the avocado longitudinally through to the seed and twist to
separate the two halves. Scoop out the flesh of the seedless half
with a dessert spoon and dump it in a suitable serving bowl; then dice
it into smallish pieces with something like a bread and butter knife.
(Reserve the half with the seed and store it in the fridge for
tomorrow's snack lunch. :)
2. Roughly de-seed the tomato then dice it and add it to the bowl.
3. Mix the two components after adding salt & pepper to taste (I
prefer white pepper) and a decent spash or two of the salad dressing.
4. Roughly crumble the crackers into the bowl, then mix them through
the rest of the brew.
5. Sit down in a comfortable chair and eat from the bowl with a spoon
while listening to the ABC midday news bulletin and analysis.
Notes:
For "crackers" (intended to supply some crunchy texture and a bit of
carbohydrate to the brew) I used Waterthins[tm] "Classic Cheddar"
cheese twists. These are rated at 5.4 g CHO each 9 g twist. So four
of them give you a bit under 22 g CHO in the brew. (They also contain
111 mg of sodium per twist, which is probably more than enough for
many old buggers under doctors' orders! :)
For salad dressing I took the easy road and used a retail product:
Praise "Deli Style" balsamic & roasted garlic dressing. (This adds a
bit to the sodium kick too. :-)
Addendum:
When "tomorrow" came today and I used the remaining half of the avo to
repeat the above, I happened to have a hard boiled egg in the fridge.
So I chopped it up and mixed it through the brew as a last step.
(Adds a bit of protein to further balance the diet. ;-)
Cheers, Phred.
Phred's Avo & tomato luncheon snack (serves 1)
Ingredients:
Half a perfectly ripe avocado
1 only red-ripe medium tomato
3 or 4 or more "crackers" [See notes below]
Salt, ground pepper, and a light but spicey salad dressing [See notes]
Method:
1. Slice the avocado longitudinally through to the seed and twist to
separate the two halves. Scoop out the flesh of the seedless half
with a dessert spoon and dump it in a suitable serving bowl; then dice
it into smallish pieces with something like a bread and butter knife.
(Reserve the half with the seed and store it in the fridge for
tomorrow's snack lunch. :)
2. Roughly de-seed the tomato then dice it and add it to the bowl.
3. Mix the two components after adding salt & pepper to taste (I
prefer white pepper) and a decent spash or two of the salad dressing.
4. Roughly crumble the crackers into the bowl, then mix them through
the rest of the brew.
5. Sit down in a comfortable chair and eat from the bowl with a spoon
while listening to the ABC midday news bulletin and analysis.
Notes:
For "crackers" (intended to supply some crunchy texture and a bit of
carbohydrate to the brew) I used Waterthins[tm] "Classic Cheddar"
cheese twists. These are rated at 5.4 g CHO each 9 g twist. So four
of them give you a bit under 22 g CHO in the brew. (They also contain
111 mg of sodium per twist, which is probably more than enough for
many old buggers under doctors' orders! :)
For salad dressing I took the easy road and used a retail product:
Praise "Deli Style" balsamic & roasted garlic dressing. (This adds a
bit to the sodium kick too. :-)
Addendum:
When "tomorrow" came today and I used the remaining half of the avo to
repeat the above, I happened to have a hard boiled egg in the fridge.
So I chopped it up and mixed it through the brew as a last step.
(Adds a bit of protein to further balance the diet. ;-)
Cheers, Phred.
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