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Avocado Toast

Curly Sue: An Amanda Condra Designs Blog - Avocado Toast

Go to any trendy brunch spot and you'll probably find some version of avocado toast on the menu.  I am sharing a few different takes the dish.  I love it for breakfast, lunch or dinner.  We got some great sourdough bread from Smitty Bread, a local bakery, on Saturday and I had some avocados and veggies for salads that I never made so I decided to have avocado toast a few ways.  I'm sharing some ways that I enjoy avocado toast below.  Let me know what your favorite ways to eat avocado toast are so I can try some new variations! Tonight I had watermelon radishes which I tossed in olive oil and red wine vinegar, regular radishes, cherry tomatoes, Mexican fiesta microgreens, and lemon so I whipped up different versions for each half of the two slices of bread I cut from the sourdough loaf. 

Curly Sue: An Amanda Condra Designs Blog - Avocado Toast

Curly Sue: An Amanda Condra Designs Blog - Avocado Toast
Curly Sue: An Amanda Condra Designs Blog - Avocado Toast

My favorite is still just the basic smashed avocado, red pepper flakes, garlic, and fried egg!  I also can't wait for tomatoes fresh from the garden to add to the toast!
Curly Sue: An Amanda Condra Designs Blog - Avocado Toast

Avocado Toast with Egg on Top

1/2 avocado, peeled and seeded
Splash of lime juice
Pinch of garlic salt
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
Pepper to taste
1 slice of bread
1 egg

1. Toast 1 slice of bread.
2. In a bowl, combine and mash together first 5 ingredients until it reaches the consistency you prefer.
3. Spoon mixture over slice of toast.
4. Top with egg prepared however you desire (I cook mine over hard).

Avocado Toast with Tomato Mozzarella Salad

1/2 avocado, peeled and seeded
Splash of lime juice
Pinch tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp cilantro, chopped and divided
Handful of cherry tomatoes, halved
1 oz mozzarella pearls
Olive oil
Red wine vinegar
1 slice bread

1. Toast 1 slice of bread.
2. In a bowl, combine and mash together first 4 ingredients.  Add half cilantro and stir to combine.
3. In separate bowl, add tomatoes, mozzarella, and remaining cilantro.  Drizzle with olive oil and splash of red wine vinegar. Toss to combine. 
4. Spoon avocado mixture over slice of toast,
5. Top with tomato mozzarella salad.


Mediterranean Avocado Toast

1/2 avocado, peeled and seeded
Pinch crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
S&P to taste
4 slices cucumber
4 slices tomato (or a few cherry tomatoes halved)
4 thin slices red onion
Feta cheese
Balsamic or red wine vinegar
1 slice bread

1. Toast 1 slice of bread.
2. In a bowl, combine and mash together first three ingredients.
3. Spoon mixture over slice of toast.  
4. Top with cucumber, tomato, red onion.
5. Optional, drizzle with balsamic or red wine vinegar.
6. Sprinkle feta over top.

Cajun Turkey


1/2 avocado, peeled and seeded
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
sliced cracked pepper turkey (one to two slices depending on size)
Cajun seasoning

1. Toast 1 slice of bread.
2. In a bowl, combine and mash together first two ingredients.
3. Top with turkey slices.
4. Sprinkle with cajun seasoning to taste.
*I think this would also taste great with sliced tomato and/or bacon! 


I'm linking to my Pinterest board with even more ideas!


Junior League: Provisional Do In A Day with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful


Yesterday I had a Provisional Do In A Day volunteer activity with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful.  We planted 81 trees in the Whitehall Commons neighborhood. The people at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful taught us how to plant the trees and then were there to help us along the way.  My group planted two trees! Goose Island sponsored the event in conjunction with their Migration Week activities.  They paid for the trees we planted.










After I was finished with this DIAD activity, Wyatt and I went down to Mass Ave for lunch at Bakersfield.  The weather was absolutely perfect!








Recipe: Jambalaya


Fat Tuesday came and went and left me craving some good Cajun food!  Since there is no trip to the bayou in my near future, I opted to make my parents' Jambalaya recipe at home instead.  This recipe is really simple and makes a bunch so you have easy meals the next day or two!  You may remember that my family has held several Mardi Gras parties.  As is the case, my parents have really perfected a few of my favorite Cajun recipes.


Ingredients
  • 1 (16-oz) pacakage spicy hickory-smoked sausage, cut into 1/2 inch slices (I use part Andouille and part smoked sausage)
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 cups uncooked rice
  • 1 (32-oz) container chicken broth
  • 1 (14 1/2-oz) can stewed tomatoes, undrained and chopped (I use chopped tomatoes)
  • 1 (8-oz) can tomato sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  • 1 pound unpeeled medium-sized fresh shrimp (I use frozen and already peeled)
  • 3 tablespoons chopped green onions
Cooking Directions
  1. Brown sausage in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Drain, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings in pan. Add onion and bell pepper; sauté 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic, and sauté 1 more minute. Add rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and next 3 ingredients.
  2. Peel shrimp, and devein, if desired.
  3. Stir in shrimp and green onions; cook 2 to 3 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. 


Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Recap

Thanksgiving is a time to spend giving thanks and appreciating what you have.  We were lucky enough to get to have two different Friendsgivings (on the same weekend no less) this year.  We got together at Devin and Jake's house down in Indy with all the girls from college one night and then the next day had dinner at Dan and Kalysa's here in town. It was so much fun!  I am sure I ate wayyyyy too much (delicious) food, but it was well worth it to spend some quality time with my favorite people!
Thanksgiving for us was a whirlwind trip.  I drove down to my parents' house after work on the day before Turkey Day so I could spend a little extra time with them since Wyatt had to work until 11 that night.  He drove down and picked up Allison on Thanksgiving morning and they met up at my aunt's house for the Easterday Thanksgiving with my mom's family.  We had lunch there and hung out for a while before hitting the road and heading back to Lafayette for Thanksgiving dinner with Wyatt's family.  It was a long two days but well worth it.  I enjoy every chance I get to spend time with family.  


Wyatt, Allison, and I with Papaw at Thanksgiving