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Sandwich with ham and egg

Vessy — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:08:18 +0000

Today I am sharing one of my favorite sandwiches!

I believe the combination of ham, egg and avocado is perfect, healthy and delicious but this is not all about this sandwich. The main and most important ingredient here is the ajvar! If you don’t have ajvar on your hands, or you can’t find it in your area, let me tell you what it is – it is a dip, prepared from roasted red peppers, roasted egg plants, seasoned with sunflower oil and sea salt.

It is super delicious and gives a special flavor to this sandwich. You can easily prepare it at home, in advance and store it in a jar for later. Trust me, you have to try it, if you haven’t already!

Ingredients:
Bread
Ajvar Mama’s (ajvar is dip made from roasted red peppers, roasted eggplant, sunflower oil and seasoned with salt)
Ham
Egg
1 ripe avocado
Olive oil
Salt & pepper
Oregano

Sprinkle a little bit of olive oil over the bread slices. Season with salt, pepper and oregano. Grill the bread in a grill pan until fine and crispy on the outside.

Cook the egg sunny side up in a frying pan with a little bit of olive oil, season with salt and pepper and set aside.

Mash the avocado in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Assemble the sandwich:

Spread s little bit of the ajvar over the first slice of bread, top it with the mashed avocado, arrange a couple of slices ham over the avocado and place the second slice of bread on top.

Spread some more of the ajvar and avocado over the second slice of bread and top with ham.

Place another slice of bread over the ham and top with the egg.

Serve immediately or pack for a lunch on the go!

Bulgur and avocado salad

Vessy — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:52:57 +0000

Today’s salad recipe is very easy, but super delicious and full of healthy nutritions.
Do not hesitate to add more types of vegetables, if you think they would go with this salad or just like them. Like every salad, this one could be easily adjusted to your personal taste!

Salad ingredients:

1 avocado

100 grams uncooked bulgur

1 tomato

1/2 cucumber

2-3 springs onions

Soak the bulgur in a bowl of hot/boiling water (seasoned with salt and pepper) for about 30 minutes until it tenders.

Chop up all ingredients into small cubes. Place in a large serving bowl, add the bulgur, dressing and mix well.

Mustard dressing:
2 tea spoons whole grain mustard
2 tea spoons olive oil
Jiuce from half lime/lemon
Salt & pepper

For the dressing, mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Season additionally with salt and pepper, add more or less lemon juice, depending on your taste.

Aovcado Chocolate Pudding

Vessy — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:37:29 +0000

A long time ago, I told you about this awesome chocolate dessert, that actually does not require any real chocolate or sugar – the avocado pudding. It is totally healthy and super delicious.

All you need is a good, ripe avocado, honey and cocoa.

Here you can find the easiest recipe for Avocado chocolate pudding.

Enjoy your summer without blame!

Avocado creme brulee

Vessy — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:21:55 +0000

Enjoy another great dessert recipe, you can prepare with avocado!

Super delicious and easy!

Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados
1 can sweetened condensed milk (370 grams)
2 tea spoons juice form lime
Sugar for garnish

In your food processor add the avocados and condensed milk. Blend until the mixture is smooth and nice. Add the lime juice and pulse for another minute. You may add less or more juice, depending on your taste, so just try the creme after two tea spoons and if necessary add more juice.

Pour the mixture in your serving cups and place in the fridge until you have to serve it.
Before serving, take out of the fridge and sprinkle some sugar on top (thin layer) as you would do with a classic creme brulee.
Using a torch, burn the sugar, until it melts, browns and turns into caramel. Be careful not to burn the sugar.
Cool for a couple of minutes and serve.

Guacamole

Vessy — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:29:26 +0000

When preparing such recipes (guacamole, hummus, avocado hummus, felafel batter, mashed vegetables and etc.) I just appreciate my food processor so much.

I have one of the easiest to wash and clean food processors. This was one of the most important things when I was looking to buy one.

So if you have a blender or a food processor, then turn it on so you can prepare this delicious guacamole. It is super easy and you may play with the ingredients as much as you like.

Serve it with some crackers, nachos or garlic bread! Yummy!

Ingredients:
1 large avocado
1 tomato
3 table spoons parsley
1/2 onion
3 garlic cloves
1 tea spoon cumin
1/2 tea spoon coriander
1 table spoon olive oil
1 table spoon sesame oil
Juice from half lime
1/2 tea spoon chili flakes
Salt and Pepper

Place all ingredients in your food processor.

Blend until pureed.

If you prefer to have them roughly chopped just pulse the blender a few times.

Avocado hummus

Vessy — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:15:53 +0000

Lately I have all kinds of cooking moods… one day I want to prepare the most sophisticated meal ever, and the next day I want to cook something really, really simple and delicious. Maybe, the weather is to blame… one day is hot and sunny and the next day it is raining, cold and grey… Isn’t is summer already? But.. where?!

So, this is one of the times, when I was begging for a simple inspiration, simple recipe, simple preparation… no cookware to wash, no kitchen to clean, something which I could eat, while watching my favorite movies, on the couch, lazy as I sometimes am.

The avocado hummus – healthy, easy, quick, delicious and simple. One of the best things about this recipe is that it is absolutely adjustable to your taste… you can add more avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, nuts or any other favorite ingredient.

Ingredients:
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 large ripe avocado, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons fresh parsley
3 garlic cloves
1/2 onion chopped into small pieces (or green onions)
Juice of half lime
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon coriander
Salt and Pepper

Chop all ingredients.

Place them in the bowl of your food processor and season with salt, pepper and coriander.

Blend until pureed.

Serve with bread or crackers.

Chocolate avocado, coconut, orange pudding

Vessy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:22:20 +0000

Chocolate avocado, coconut, orange pudding

Today I will continue with the healthy recipes, as I want to show you amazing super healthy avocado chocolate pudding, without the carbohydrates and the calories.

Ingredients:
2 avocados
½ cup cacao powder
150 ml. honey or maple syrup
150 ml. full fat coconut/almond or regular milk
½ tea spoon vanilla extract
Zest of one orange
1 tea spoon starch/Arrowroot Powder
Some coconut flakes or nuts for garnish

Put all the ingredients in a blender. Mix well until the mixture becomes nice and smooth.
Serve in pudding cups. ! Make sure to refrigerate the puddings before serving.
Tip: If you would like to prepare more ice-cream type pudding, just frozen your avocados before using them.