Frozen Avocado - Avocado Mash and two recipes for use

 Updated: 2/15/2020, added more pictures

Previously, I had taken an avocado, cut it in half, removed the seed and froze the halves.

Yesterday, I removed 1 half of the frozen avocado from the freezer and set in the frig to thaw it out.

Today, I took the 1 half avocado out of the frig and made a mash which is just my Avocado Mixture with a few drops of hot sauce and ground black pepper.


Avocado Mash

Ingredients:

1 Avocado
1- 2 TB olive oil
1 TB Parsley, dry, crushed
1 Capful Lime Juice concentrate
2 Drops of hot sauce
Ground black pepper

Process:

Scoop out the pulp from the avocado shell.
Using a spoon, mash the pulp into a smooth paste.
Add oil, parsley, lime juice, hot sauce and ground black pepper.
Stir, mix and mash the ingredients together.

With this mash, I made 2 Toast Toppings:

Avocado mash with beans and Avocado mash with a Poached Egg.

Avocado Mash with Mashed Beans

Additional Ingredients:

2 Slices multi-grain bread
3 TBspns of mashed white beans
A Few sprinkles of Parmesan cheese
3 Tablespoons of water
1 egg


Process:

After toasting 1 slice of bread, place it on a plate.
Spread some of the Avocado mash over the toast.
Top mash with mashed beans.
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the beans.

Avocado Mash with a Poached Egg

Process:

Toast a slice of bread.
Spread avocado mash over top of toast.

In a small microwave bowl, add water.
Break egg over water and let it fall into water.
Cover bowl.
Microwave on high for 25-40 seconds.
When done, remove bowl.
Using a slotted spoon, lift egg out of water and let water drain off.

Place egg on top of toast with avocado mash.
Sprinkle egg with Parmesan cheese.

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Anchovy Butter

Anchovy Butter is featured in several recipes on this blog.


Anchovy Butter
(Adapted from: https://www.thespruceeats.com/anchovy-butter-recipe-995327) 


Ingredients:

1 tin of anchovies, drained
1/2 Cup butter


Process:

Add anchovies to a container with a lid.
Add 1/2 Cup butter.
With a spoon, mix, smash and cream the butter and anchovies together until they are thoroughly combined and the anchovies are in tiny pieces.

#GERD-friendly, I find this anchovy butter useful in place of garlic butter.

Microwave: Glazed Carrots

Pulled from Sunday Cooking Marathon Recipes

Glazed Carrots Recipe

Adapted from: http://lilluna.com/brown-sugar-glazed-carrots/

Ingredients:

1 16oz bag of baby carrots

1/2 cup water

A dollop of olive oil

1/2 tbspn sugar

S/P to taste

Process:

Add ingredients to a microwave casserole dish with a cover.

Mix well.

Cover and microwave on high for 10 minutes.

Canned Corn Salsa

Corn Salsa Recipe

Perused several Corn Salsa Recipes then made my own.

Ingredients:

1 14oz can kernel corn, drained and rinsed
1 8oz can salsa, drained
1 TBspn Onion flakes

1/2 Tspn Garlic Powder
1 Tbspn Basil flakes, crush in palms
Ground back pepper, to taste
1 capful Lemon juice

Process:

Mix all ingredients together.

The Tightwad Gazette (TWG) - A Partial List of TWG Recipes

The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn is a revised collection of articles and ideas from Amy's previous Tightwad Gazette newsletters. The book is full of tips on how to save money as well as instructions to make a variety of craft items and other how-to ideas. Scattered among the articles and tips are many recipes.

This is a list of some of the over 86 TWG recipes found in the book and the page they are on in the book.


Tightwad Gazette Recipes

1. After-Thanksgiving Soup 72

2. Apple-Oatmeal Bars 349

3. Bean-bacon Chowder 160

4. Bean Soup Mix 129

5. Biscotti 499

6. Bread Bears 91-92

7. Burritos 377

8. Cake-mix Cookie 505

9. Candied Orange Peel 500

10. Carrot Pumpkin Pie 626

11. Cheese Ball 500-501

12. Cheese Sauce 355

13. Chilli 454-55

14. Chocolate Syrup 424

15. Coffee and Tea Mixes 128-9

16. see 422-25

17. Cookies and crackers 291, 498-99, 501, 505-6, 681, 905

18. Corn-broccoli Casserole 714

19. Corn casserole 41

20. Corn pone 160

21. Cracker Jack Snack 360-61

22. Cream Soup mix 424-25

23. Croutons 231

24. Cuban Bread 521, 542

25. Dunkin Soup 160

26. Gazpacho 379

27. Granola 27

28. Heart-shaped cupcakes 673

29. Hot cocoa 81

30. Hot rice with milk and sugar 354-65

31. Jam and milk popsicles 377, 417

32. Jell-O eggs 164-65

33. Jim’s Best Candy 138-39

34. Lentil burgers 376-77

35. Lentil-rice Casserole 453, 505

36. Maine Baked Beans 159-60

37. Mint Candy 158

38. Muffins 466-68, 682-83, 859

39. Mustard 766-67

40. Onion-Soup Mix 424

41. Orange Marmalade 813

42. Oven-Fried Potatoes 186

43. Pancake Snacks 608

44. Pancake Syrup 122-23

45. Peanut-butter Snacks 534

46. Pie-making…..633-35

47. Pigs in a blanket 805

48. Pilaf, Universal 824-25

49. Pizza 309-11

50. Pizza Casserole 772

51. Pizza Sauce 904

52. Potatoes and toppings 355-56

53. Potato-peel Appetizers 638

54. Puffy Pancake 858-59

55. Punch 859-60

56. Purple Cow 379

57. Quiches 134-35, 761-64, 872

58. Raisin-Oatmeal Scones 89-90

59. Refrigerator-dough 597-98, 626

60. Rice and beans 229, 245

61. Rice-a-Roni-style ground beef dish 738

62. Salad Dressings 230-32

63. Salsa 501

64. Seafood Casserole 211-12

65. Seasoned Rice Mix 426

66. Seasoned Salt 423

67. Shake and Bake Mix 265

68. Shake and Bake Potatoes 734

69. Soft Pretzel Valentines 389

70. Sourdough Bread 668-69

71. Stained-glass Cookies 498-99

72. Stuffing 423-24

73. Sweetened Condensed Milk 204

74. Taco-Seasoning Mix 423

75. Toaster Pastry 814

76. Toffee 500

77. Tomato Soup 424

78. Tuna-Cheddar Chowder 570

79. Turtles 868-69

80. Universal Casserole 625

81. Whipped Topping 352

82. Whole Wheat Crackers 501

83. Whoopie Pies 398

84. Worcestershire Sauce 290-91

85. Yeast Bread 885-87

86. Yogurt 715-21

Over time, I will post some of the TWG recipes I attempt to make. 
 

Om Shanti Om -- Yoga Your Way with Kate Barron

Ohm
Shanti
Yoga

  Yoga Your Way

with Kate Barron

Merida, Mexico

Yoga therapy applies yoga principles and techniques to
specific pain, conditions, imbalance and post surgery
physical recovery. This type of yoga targets specific areas to
help people in various ways such as back pain relief,
mobility in post operation scenarios etc.

Restorative Yoga or Deep Stretch
This type of yoga is for those people wanting to learn
simple relaxing and yet toning poses/asanas, techniques to
reduce stress, muscle tension from the body, address and
promote healthy sleeping patterns.

Vinyasa Yoga
A fluid fast flowing or softer movement yoga which
synchronizes the poses/asanas drawing on the breath to
maintain poses. There’s an element of cardio to this type of
yoga which makes it suitable as part of a fitness program.

Benefits:
Increases core strength & muscle tone
Lower blood pressure
Improves digestion, circulation & immunity
Provides pain & tension relief
Increases mobility, balance, posture & flexibility
Improves self-acceptance, concentration & memory
Classes tailored to
Meet Participants’ real needs.
Yoga for couples
Individuals/private sessions
Small group

Instructor Kate Barron Bio
My passion is the ancient art and philosophy of yoga, with
its use of graceful poses to achieve deep spiritual insight,
tranquility, strength and flexibility.

I have led yoga classes and meditation in Italy, Thailand,
Africa and Mexico for over 10 years.

Certificates/Licenses:
Fully licensed yoga instructor with formal training in:
• Meditation and training, Kenya, Africa, 2009.
• Meditation and training, Tulum, Mexico, 2010.
• Meditation and training, Southern Thailand.
• Pranayama techniques for stress management,
Rome, Italy.

 All ability levels are welcome,

Inquire at your hotel to arrange a class.

Contact Information

barron.kate@yahoo.com

Throw Together Cucumber Sandwiches

I am in Cucumber heaven!!

My cucumber quick pickles came out great.

The cucumber water was refreshing and the water seemed to keep the cucumber slices crisp. So, I grabbed a few slices to make a sandwich and then, I added more water to the jar.

I also grabbed some:

Cream cheese
2 Slices of multi-grain bread
some Basil
some Paprika
Ground black pepper

After slathering the bread slices with cream cheese, I topped the cheese with a few cucumber slices.

Then, I sprinkled the slices with crushed basil and paprika. I added a few grinds of ground black pepper and slapped the two pieces of bread together. No way am I going to cut of the crusts, they are the best part.

I cut the sandwich into quarters and ate them.

They were good. There are many ways to make cucumber sandwiches, maybe someday I will try some of those variations.

I had a lot of fun using one cucumber to make five different recipes.

#GERD-friendly if you use little to no ground black pepper.