This California Avocado Marinated Salad recipe is loaded with great flavors, like artichokes, roasted red peppers and chickpeas. This is a super quick and good summer potluck or picnic recipe to have on hand! It’s California Avocado season again! This means it’s that time of year where we get beautiful California Avocados delivered to our doorstep,…
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2014 Year in Review – A Month by Month Look Back
A look back at my favorite books, recipes and moments from 2014. 2014 is through. It’s so hard to believe, isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever remembered a year going by quicker than this one. This past January, I learned from my friend Pam about the importance of giving yourself a performance review at the…
Halloween Party Idea – Frankenguac
A fun Halloween Party Idea using fresh California Avocados to make a quirky and cute guacamole dip shaped like Frankenstein. Meet Frankenguac! Friends… if you know me at all you know I am not cutesy or crafty or “kid food” creative at all. In fact I used to be the food editor for a kid’s…
Avocado White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
This Avocado White Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is a great one to try if you want to experiment with baking with avocados. I know what you are thinking…avocados in a chocolate chip cookies recipe? Really? I am here to say YES! Putting avocados into baked goods is something you should totally get behind. It may sound strange,…
Recipe: Homemade Lavash with Spinach Avocado Dip
Labor Day entertaining made simple with Homemade Lavash and this Hot Spinach Avocado Dip featuring fresh California Avocados. Labor Day weekend is one of my favorite weekends to celebrate yet it’s also bittersweet. I love having a big bash at the end of the summer to bid farewell to the season. Labor Day means we…
Inspiration {Recipe: Hash Brown Avocado Breakfast Wrap}
A tasty breakfast wrap featuring California Avocado slices and a hash brown patty. Inspiration strikes in the strangest of places sometimes. I’m one of those people who always keeps a notebook and pen by my bed because I can write the absolute best blog posts in my sleep. When I wake up I try to…
Some Like It Hot {Spicy Shrimp and Avocado Salad}
A spicy salad featuring Sriracha Shrimp and Fresh California Avocados. I used to be of the belief that salad toppings, at least for a cold lettuce salad, need to be cold. I really didn’t like the combination of hot toppings and cold salad. I don’t know why, except that maybe those beliefs stemmed from fast…
Recipe: Bacon and California Avocado Fries
Bacon and California Avocado Fries are a flavorful snack or appetizer when you are looking for something just a little bit different! We are almost a week into summer break and my kids are already expecting me to feed them 3 meals a day, plus snacks. What’s up with kids thinking they need to be…
California Avocado Walking Tacos
This recipe for Walking Tacos was created using fresh California Avocados. Cinco de Mayo is coming up, which happens to be my favorite food holiday of the year. I know that Cinco de Mayo has way more significance than just the food, but you have to admit…it’s hard to find a holiday to celebrate with…
Recipe: California Avocado Breakfast Casserole
Wake up! Are you one of those people who wakes up quickly and gets out of bed to get ready for the day right away? Maybe you hit the snooze button a few times, catching a few extra winks? Or maybe you are like me and open your eyes as soon as your alarm goes…