Guacamole Dip

There was an offer at the supermarket for avocados and that's exactly what I came home with. I was craving some mid-day snack that day and since avocados are supposedly healthy, having a guacamole dip would be considered totally guilt free! Another plus factor to this recipe is its incredibly easy steps: mash and mix and Tadah! a nice serving of healthy, fresh dip, all ready for you to enjoy!

Just a note to remember to always use avocados that are ripe and that means when the skin has turned all black. Don't be put off by its colour, what you will get is some nice creamy butter underneath that skin.

Ingredients:
1                    ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
1                    small red onion, chopped
1                    tomato, chopped
1 bunch         cilantro, chopped
1 clove          garlic, minced
1                    lime, juiced  
                      cayenne pepper
                      salt

Method:

Mash avocado with a pinch of salt, cayenne pepper, and lime juice. Mix in the rest of the ingredients, keep it in the fridge for a hour for the flavours to blend together, and serve with your favourite tortilla chips.

Cobb Salad, my way.

It's not exactly fair to call this a salad. At least to me, salads are supposed to be healthy and light and all. A cobb salad, despite its name, is made using ingredients that are technically, WAY too delicious to be included in a bland and boring healthy salad. Then again, who says all salads are supposed to be bland and healthy anyway? Healthy or not, I for one, don't really care and just adore this sinful and fulfilling recipe of mine. 

Serves 2 

Ingredients:

Salad: 

1 head                       romaine lettuce, chopped roughly 

1                               tomato, diced

2                               hard boiled egg, shelled and chopped 

1                               avocado, diced 

100gm                      blue cheese, diced 

6 strips                     bacon, fried till crisp and cut into smaller pieces 

1                               roasted chicken breast, diced 

Method: Arrange everything on a salad bowl or plate and serve with the dressing below or your favourite dressing. 

Dressing: 

1/2 cup                      extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons            white wine vinegar

1/2 teaspoon              dijon mustard 

1/2 teaspoon              worcestershire sauce 

1/2 tablespoon           lemon juice 

                                   salt & pepper 

Method:

Whisk all the ingredients together and serve with the salad.