It turns out, according to this article at Healthaliciousness.com, that avocados contain 4 grams of protein per fruit. This is beat out only by pomegranate at 4.7 grams per fruit and passion fruit at 5.2 grams. Who knew? Now we do.
I found this all out on Thursday evening, by the way. I got home from choir and went onto my scheduled blog posts, noting that my Fish Friday Foodies post was all set to go. I checked my Crazy Ingredient Challenge post and made sure the link up was included and scheduled it to go out first thing this morning. Then I went to my Soup Saturday Swappers post, Pot Roast Stew, and went to get the code for the linkup (which, by the way, I am in charge of) and it wasn't there. Hmmmm.....I went to my inlinkz page and saw that I had indeed made the code and went back to the month's theme of English Stews. Nope, it still wasn't there.
That was when I noticed that English Stew was June's theme and, as you know (and I should know) this is only May. That led me to rush to the refrigerator in a panic where I found a few shriveled strawberries, a handful of raspberries growing fuzz, 1 clementine, a kiwi, an apple, an orange and an avocado.
At least my refrigerator got cleaned out and my hens were thrilled with their extra treats of strawberries and raspberries. Their favorite fruit is watermelon. They can barely wait for watermelon season!
Spoiler alert....if you are watching and haven't seen the finale yet....stop reading now and skip to the next bolded section.
The elimination round found Justise cooking goat. She was pretty happy with the assignment as she knew she needed to impress and making a great dish with a difficult ingredient would ensure her making the final two. And......she nailed it!!! Coming in first with her Goat Curry made in an hour using a pressure cooker. Jasmine, the winner of the first challenge, took the other spot in the finale.
Do you watch Master Chef Junior? These are the most impressive kids ever!! Sometimes, I feel like it is way too much stress to put on a young child but I guess it is not much different than the stress of any other competition.
These kids are amazingly talented and very driven but they are also very kind and helpful to each other. There is no backbiting, no disrespect, no criticism. I wish the adults who participate in cooking competitions would take some lessons from these kids. One of the reasons that I love our food blogging community is that you find many of the qualities that these kids have, shared among us.
What a competition!! I would not want to put my skills up against either of these two young ladies. Nose to nose after the appetizer course, we moved onto the main course, Jerk Lobster Tail for Jasmine and Cider Braised Pork Belly for Justise. This course went to Jasmine.....Justise needed to let her pork belly cook just a bit longer. As I watched this final show, it occurred to me that the reason I love Justise so much is that she reminds me, very much, of my Lili. My Lili is one of the kindest, determined, most respectful and empathetic young women I know and Justise seems to have all those same qualities.
Jasmine nailed dessert. I was on pins and needles as Justise presented her panna cotta. The judges loved Justise's dessert. As they went off to deliberate, I was worried that Justise's main course would lose this competition for her. The guest judges had wonderful things to say about her so that gave me a little hope. Alas, she lost but I am very happy for Jasmine who also was a very wonderful and humble competitor and deserved this victory.
Okay, back to our regularly scheduled blog post.
The following morning I found this recipe for Chilled Avocado Soup Shots from Bon Appetit. I thought that these would make a great appetizer or for the dinner I was serving our friends, John and Kirsten, that evening AND I had everything I need to make it work with some minor adaptations.
I used a small avocado and reduced the other ingredients to make 4 servings instead of 8. I added some cilantro and a dash of hot sauce to the mixture and garnished with cilantro leaves instead of breadcrumbs.
You will find links to the other Fruit Soup recipes right below mine. Enjoy!!
Chilled Avocado Shooters
Adapted from Bon Appetit
1 medium avocado
1 c. chicken stock
2 T. heavy cream
small handful cilantro leaves, reserve a bit for garnish
juice of 1/2 a lime
Sea Salt to taste
dash of hot sauce
Place the avocado, chicken stock, cream, cilantro and lime juice in a blender and puree until smooth, scraping sides as necessary. Taste and season with salt and hot sauce. Add more chicken stock, if needed, for desired consistency. Chill for at least 2 hrs and up to 4 hrs before pouring into shot glasses and garnishing with cilantro leaves to serve. Print Recipe
Ooooh! Nice, Wendy! I can taste this already. I think I'm going to have to plan a dinner party meal around this soup. P~
ReplyDeleteIt would be a great start to a theme dinner, Paula.
DeleteOh my, does this ever look good. A soup that I could totally dunk a whole taco in! After all, what's soup without something to dunk in it?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea Colleen.
DeleteI've never much thought whether avocado is a vegetable or a fruit. I just can't eat them. I love them. I love quac. But every single time I have eaten avocado I get sick. So I just quit trying!!
ReplyDeleteRemind me not to make this when I finally am honored to have you over for dinner, Paula.
DeleteI have never seen that show but Justice looks adorable! I need to catch it. Great save on the last minute soup!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorite shows each year, Karen...try to catch it next season.
DeleteMy kids love when I have that show on! I never watch regularly tho- no spoiler for me! I love how you made this recipe into shooters- so pretty and fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
DeleteSounds like a fun show to watch, if you have cable that is. I love cooking shows, period. Love those shooters, so cute and what a great idea. I may steal it for Tapas Night. It would be so fun to put out some for our guests.
ReplyDeleteMaster Chef Junior is on one of our local channels. No cable needed. I think these would be perfect for tapas night.
DeleteI knew it was a fruit. I didn't know it was a berry. Thanks for teaching me something new. And thanks for joining me this month.
ReplyDeleteThanks, again, for hosting this month Cam.
DeleteAbsolutely genius! I was completely stumped by this challenge!
ReplyDeleteI was going with a mango gazpacho before I realized I had my months confused.
DeleteThese are perfect as an appetizer and irresistible.
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