Hey Sugar Smack - Avocado Soup!! What's everyone having for dinner?

[Fran Kubelik]

Sugar Smack mentioned avocado soup in a "what are you having for dinner" thread recently. I'd never had that, even though I love love love avocados. So tonight I looked up a recipe and made some for our Super Bowl dinner - served with chicken in mole sauce over rice. Delish! :9

What are you all having for dinner during the Super Bowl?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Please post recipe

I love avocados, too!!

[Fran Kubelik]

5. recipe

This is from a bargain book I got simply called The Complete Book of Mexican cooking. It's a pretty simple recipe.


Ingredients:
2 large ripe avocados (I used three smaller ones)
1 1/4 cups creme fraiche
4 cups well-flavored chicken stock (I used Trader Joe's organic free range broth, but want to try this again with homemade chicken stock)
1 tsp salt
juice of 1/2 a lime
small bunch of cilantro
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper


1. Cut the avocados in half, remove the peel and lift out the pits. Chop the flesh coarsely and place it in a food processor with 3-4 tbsp of the creme fraiche. Process until smooth.

2. Heat the chicken stock in a saucepan. When it is hot but still below simmering point, stir in the rest of the creme fraiche and the salt.

3. Add the lime juice to the avocado mixture, process briefly to mix, then gradually stir the mixture into the hot stock. Heat gently but do not let the mixture approach the boiling point.

4. Chop the cilantro. Pour the soup into individual heated bowls and sprinkle each portion with cilantro and black pepper. Serve immediately.


:hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

2. store-bought salad and sandwiches

we're snacking on crap while we watch this weird game they keep showing in between commercials.

[Fran Kubelik]

13. What kind of sandwiches?

I'm kind of half-watching the game myself.
So far the commercials have been "meh".

[malta blue]

3. N.C. style BBQ pulled pork sandwiches

baked beans, potato salad, cucumber salad.

I have been cooking for 24 hours (well the crockpot has been)

The avocado soup sounds yummy.

:)

[Fran Kubelik]

6. oh yum!!

What did you cook the pork in? I mean, what kind of sauce? That sounds wonderful.

[malta blue]

9. The pork has been cooking in the crockpot since 5am

with a vinegar based sauce that has worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, crushed red pepper, cayenne, sugar and garlic.

It came out a little spicier than I had intended but damn, it's good.

Couple that with the baked bans and potato salad - yummy :hi:

[Fran Kubelik]

11. I've never made my own bbq sauce.

But you've inspired me. Next weekend, I am making crock pot pulled pork. Any chance you might share your recipe? I also want to try a memphis style recipe.

[malta blue]

16. here you go...

Enjoy:

2 onions -- quartered
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
5 pounds boneless pork butt or shoulder roast
3/4 cup cider vinegar
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder or 3 cloves finely minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Place onions in slow cooker.

Combine -- paprika, salt and pepper; brown sugar rub over roast. (I rub the roast the night before and let it sit in teh fridge overnight)

Place roast over onions.

Combine vinegar -- Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, sugar, mustard, garlic salt and cayenne.

Stir to mix well.

Drizzle about 1/3 of vinegar mixture over roast -- cover.

Refrigerate remaining vinegar mixture.

Cook roast on low 8 to 10 hours (High 4 to 6 hours). (I do the low setting for maximum tenderness)

Drizzle about 1/3 of reserved vinegar mixture over roast during last half hour of cooking.

Remove meat and onions, chop or shred meat, and chop onions.

Serve remaining vinegar mixture with meat.



Let us know how it turned out :)

:hi:

[Fran Kubelik]

21. thank you thank you thank you!!

:bounce: I can't wait to try it!

[malta blue]

25. Oh my....

it was soooo yummy :D

[Fran Kubelik]

32. excellent

I love it when something you spend a lot of love and time on turns out good!! :9

[Sugar Smack]

24. BOOKMARKING!!!

:bounce:

[no name no slogan]

4. Nepalese take-out

Veggie momos (steamed stuffed dumplings) and lamb biryani. Damn good.

[Fran Kubelik]

7. Oh!

That sounds really yummy. :hi:

[no name no slogan]

10. It's very interesting

It's very similar to northern Indian cuisine, as far as the flavors go. Here's their website:

www.hotmomo.com

[Fran Kubelik]

12. Thanks for the link!

I love northern Indian food. Very cool.

[Sugar Smack]

26. AUGH. Wish I was there

and for more than just the food. You're one of the best people to sit with leg-to-leg. Watch a movie.

[no name no slogan]

27. ,,,,

:pals: Hey Sugar, I hope you're doing alright! So, what movie should we watch? I'm quite into stupid and funny, but you know how predictable I am. :loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

28. I'm in "Ya-Ya" mode right now. Maybe

if I sat on your lap I could force you to watch it. :)

[no name no slogan]

29. You could probably force me to watch it

And I might have to force you to sit through "Blade Runner" :D

[Sugar Smack]

31. Oh, it is SUCH A DEAL.

}( heh, I'll even bring you some of that gold-leaf sundae from Amerigo's thread.

[triguy46]

8. Menage a Trois.

Lasagna, green salad with gorgonzola, berry cobbler and a bottle of this:

[Fran Kubelik]

14. what kind of grape is that?

I've never tried a menage a trois. And you can take that the other way too. ;)

[triguy46]

15. Blend of Zinfindel, Merlot and Cabernet. Its OK, an 87 on one list...

I'm not a big Zin fan, on the other hand its only $10. I tried it because it was chosen as wine of the week by our local paper.

[Xipe Totec]

23. Did you know that the word avocado...

comes from the Nahuatl word AHUACA-TL

which has two meanings:

1).- Avocado, of course.

2).- Testicle. The original meaning of the word, given to the fruit because of it's shape...

[Sugar Smack]

17. FRANNIE!

:hi: I'm really glad you like it.

I'm having Stracciatella with spinach & chicken stock, sauteed baby artichokes with zucchini & bread crumbs. Rare steak au poivre with kohlrabi puree on the side, Swiss Chard streudel, poached nonsense and pan-fried venison a la mode.

:P

[Sugar Smack]

18. hee hee

[Fran Kubelik]

20. Yay!!

:bounce:

I actually thought you had made up the avocado soup, but it really exists!

I love your food descriptions btw. They are just the perfect blend of elegance and oddity.

[Sugar Smack]

22. Thank you! I thought I'd made up the avocado soup, too, but

it exists. It looks good. REALLY tasty.

I sort of, between you & me & the rest of the world, feel a lil out-fooded by all the good cooks here, so, I try & make up for it, *LOL*. Thank you. I actually had some cottage cheese and a pickle. :blush:

[hippywife]

19. Lamb Osso Buco

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=236&topic_id=41020&mesg_id=41356

with a quinoa risotto. It's almost ready! :bounce:

And the Super Bowl ain't on here.

[Ilsa]

30. Try a tomato soup with a savory onion and garlic base, and add

avocado mixed well with a pinch of sour cream. Serve the whole thing cold. It is REFRESHING!

For SB Sunday, we had homemade quesadillas. For family, I used chicken and beef fajita meat, grilled onions and peppers, monterrey jack cheese, picante sauce, and refried beans. For myself, I substituted some Morning Star chick'n strips (meat substitute). Also,vegetables and dip, and my homemade peach cobbler.

[jeff30997]

33. Mmm...

...Soup...

[Fran Kubelik]

34. no soup for you!

[jeff30997]

35. ROFL!!!

:rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

36. Oh, honey! Tonight it's roasted Hooraw's nest

with black bean peppercorn dressing, pickled grape soup, Grand Gaucho Paella with orange butter sauce, parsley-grilled veggie bundles wrapped in Filo and treated with Cornflower-mushroom dressing, lizard antipasto and creme brulee flambe a la Motown for dessert.



:* *brushes teeth, kisses Fran, shuts mouth* :hi:

[martymar64]

37. 2 hot dogs and 3 quarts of Carta Blanca

It's a drunken punk night for me . . .

[Sugar Smack]

38. Oh, Punk!

:hug: Can I just call you Punk? It takes one to know one.