First attempt of using an avocado 🥑

[blindinglights]

So I've seen lots of DD with avocado 🥑 and it's something I've never used myself, I love guacamole so I thought I would give it a whirl, I mashed it and added salt, pepper and flaked chilli 🌶 I used a brown barm and topped it with a poached egg 😋

[Progressoverperfect 7lbs]

I'll be honest,I tried it and it went straight in the bin😂😂 I've since been reliably informed by my daughter that I had to do some thing else with it and not to eat it on its own. I shall give it another go😉

[blindinglights in reply to Progressoverperfect]

Oh ye you defo need to add some spice to it, my niece has hers with chopped Toms and onion x

[AnnieW55 Visitor in reply to Progressoverperfect]

Was it ripe? Unripened ones are hard and tasteless. Ripened ones are lovely on their own (to me anyway). Over ripe are just noooooo. Not to be eaten straight out of the fridge either, like tomatoes, it just kills any flavour - warm room temp is best. They are supposedly ripe when there is a bit of give when you caress it 😮 and the stalk nub comes off easily.

[Progressoverperfect 7lbs in reply to AnnieW55]

It was ripe, scooping it out of its skin was easy enough and quite satisfying, but I didn't like the texture or the taste when I had it on it's own. I'm going to try it again with coriander,chilli and lime juice.

[Sheperdess Maintainer]

It sounds lovely 😊 I hope you enjoyed it. I use avocado all the time. Usually mashed with cream cheese and soy sauce or with cream, celery salt and spring onions. Gorgeous 😋

[Lytham 3 stone]

Awe that looks lovely, I adore avocado, did you enjoy it? I'll pop this in the Larder! x

[blindinglights in reply to Lytham]

Ye it was really nice, but I had to heat it up asbit was a bit cold with the egg and toast xx

[Lytham 3 stone in reply to blindinglights]

Oh I've never had it warm, I usually chop it into my salads x

[AnnieW55 Visitor in reply to blindinglights]

They are like tomatoes, better at a warm room temperature, straight from the fridge kills any flavour. Your meal looks lovely.

[blindinglights in reply to AnnieW55]

Arhh thanks, ye I agree, it was room temp but against the hot egg and toast I still had to warm it up 😂 I eat my salad at room temp hate cold salad xx

[Hidden]

Yum.. I love avocado.. Looks like a great first attempt..

Did you enjoy? 😊

[blindinglights in reply to Hidden]

I sure did xx it was very nice xx

[monday1957 3kg]

Hi blinding lights and I'm an avocado addict 🤣 They have to be ripe though - there's nothing worse than slicing one open and it's hard or else all blackened 😒

Ps how did your results go btw? I was wondering how you got on x

[blindinglights in reply to monday1957]

The one was very ripe, and very easy to mash 😋

Arhh thanks for asking, CT scan showed there is nothing wrong with my kidneys, splean , or bowel, which is great, I have cysts on my liver but he said they are nothing to worry about and will probably never cause me a problem, so his diagnosis is machanical muscular, which basically means my muscles in my lower back go into spasm when I'm at rest, caused by arthritus, he has referred me to physio, so all in all a good result. Nothing sinister, I'm happy about that 😁

[monday1957 3kg in reply to blindinglights]

Hiya and good news that your results didn't show up anything sinister - big relief for you. But it doesn't mean the pain goes away...

Have you ever heard of Amatsu (I hadn't beforehand, I read an article in a magazine after I'd exhausted all sorts of physio, painkillers, exercises etc for an excruciatingly painful and debilitating frozen shoulder - I'd fallen down the gap at the tube station). Anyway, Amatsu is a form of Massage that has been used for thousands of years in Japan. It's based on ancient principles of natural movement and can be used to help many musculoskeletal-skeletal and lifestyle conditions, as well as supporting well-being. I was pretty sceptical that anything could sort me out, but Amatsu did, in about 6 sessions. I definitely recommend you looking into it. I still go for a monthly 'maintenance' session, even though I've pretty much regained all the movement back in my shoulder now.

Worth a try...?

[blindinglights in reply to monday1957]

Wow yes thank you I'll have a read up on that, omg you must of got such a fright falling down the gap, I'm glad your feeling better now and thbak you for the advice xx

[dontdojogging 1st 7lbs]

That is my idea of heaven! I'd replace the bap with bacon but otherwise I could eat that all day! Definitely room temperature, a little give when you squeeze - salad not a salad without avocado!!

[blindinglights in reply to dontdojogging]

Oh with bacon sounds nice x