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Tag: avocado

  • avocado, egg, and chorizo bap

    avocado, egg, and chorizo bap

    i’d never heard of a “bap” until i read about it in my favorite little british breakfast book, posh eggs, a bap is a soft, round bread roll used as the foundation for a meat sandwich. in britain, baps are usually filled with sliced sausage and HP sauce, but i’m currently in sunny southern california, so i…

  • chipotle chicken tacos

    chipotle chicken tacos

    last weekend, i baked a bunch of brownies, cookies, and cupcakes and sold them at the farmer’s market with my fellow members of riverside democrats (our school’s democrat club) to raise money for planned parenthood. we didn’t expect to make much money, but we ended up raising over $250! after spending most of my time in high…

  • happy friday!

    I’m starting to recline into the warm arms of the holiday season. I had a very busy week, but I still managed to find time to make make pumpkin pie bars, M&M brownies, and soft-baked chocolate chip cookies.  A lot happened this week! Put on a fuzzy robe, make yourself some scrambled eggs on a…

  • avocado hummus

        makes one serving It’s spring! Warm weather makes us do crazy things like combine hummus and avocado and lemon juice. It’s messy. Deal with it.   No food processor necessary! I cheated a bit given that I used pre-made hummus and crackers but sometimes you just gotta  not finish your sentence and put…

  • open-faced chicken and sweet potato sandwich

    makes two open-faced sandwiches I discovered this sandwich one night when we were having each of the separate components for dinner. Grilled chicken, hand-cut sweet potato fries with honey mustard dipping sauce, biscuits, and salad. I decided to shove everything onto a biscuit because..what’s the worst that could happen? Surprisingly, every flavor was complimentary to…