Monday, February 26, 2007

Entertaining Yourself 1: A Quick Snack

Soya sauce avocado

It's not often that I find myself with the right ingredients to make this quick, moreish snack. No, it's not just a clever name; yes, I keep a very poorly stocked kitchen. So, drum-roll please; the ingredients are:

1 ripe avocado
1 portion soya sauce
1 pepper mill, fully loaded

You can tell your avocado is ripe when it yields to gentle pressure when held and squeezed (thank you Google!). Cut the avocado down the middle in to two halves and spoon out the stone. Slice it up in to coarse hatches. Dollup in some soya sauce, and grind a sprinkling of pepper on top.

Take your spoon, and gently scoop out a bite-size chunk, depositing it in to your open gob. Using your tongue and teeth, proceed to chew the

What? Oh right. Yes, you get the general idea. It's tasty, it's quick, it's not totally unhealthy. Have one now!

2 comments:

agush said...

this is one of my favorite snacks too! soooo yum.

Sheema said...

wow - that's a nice take on avocado - i always made it the typical olive oil/garlic kind of way.