“Avocado Bowls” with Egg Salad
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Turns out fast food CAN be healthy food. Who’d have thunk it? Just because you are on the run (or you don’t have a lot in your pantry) doesn’t give you any excuse to eat like crap. This recipe is simple, full of protein and healthy fats (yes, fats can be healthy), and extremely satisfying. Plus, the “bowl” is compostable – so it’s good for the environment, right?
This makes “Avocado Bowls” for 2!
(Or 4 bowls all together)
- 2 medium-boiled eggs
- 2 avocados
- 1 tsp stone ground mustard
- 1 stalk celery
- fresh dill (few sprigs)
- 1/2 pickle spear
- squeeze lime juice on avocado; and add a 1/2 tsp to egg mix
- salt, pepper, old bay
How we did it:
- Boil the eggs. I prefer a medium boiled egg over a hard boiled egg, because the yellow stays a little creamier and doesn’t get dried out. My husband, Jason, is the expert here….although it’s a science he is still perfecting. For this recipe, place 2 eggs into a pot of water. Put the pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. As soon as it is at a full boil, take the pot off of the heat and put a lid on it. Let it set for 6 minutes exactly. Make an ice bath (water and ice in a bowl) while you are waiting. Remove the eggs from the heat, drop gently in the ice bath and let them cool down. (This stops the cooking process!)
- Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit. Using a pairing knife, make diagonal slices in the avocado while leaving it in the shell. This just makes it easier to eat directly out of the shell! Squeeze a little lime juice over the avocado and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper to flavor.
- Dice the celery, pickle and fresh dill finely.
- When the eggs have cooled, remove them from the shell and chop them finely.
- Mix the stuff in #3 with the eggs. Add the mustard and spices (salt and pepper – and we like to throw Old Bay into food whenever possible – which is always.)
- Distribute the egg salad evenly into the 4 “Avocado Bowls”. Serve with a spoon and enjoy!
