A few years ago my husband and I went back to South Africa to watch our son play rugby for his school in the Western Cape and as it was the first time he had been back to Cape Town where he was born, we could not wait to show him where we had lived, meet his family and also to get him to taste and experience all the food that we had loved so much while living in Cape Town.
One of the "fruits" that both my husband and son love are avocados and they made a promise to each other to eat one every day for the duration of our holiday
While staying with my wonderful sister-in-law in Cape Town, she took us to her local vegetable shop and this was the display of avos that greeted us as we walked into the shop.
My son had never seen so many avos together before as our local supermarket and fruit shop only sell a few at a time which are mostly hard and terribly expensive when you get them and are never as good as the ones in South Africa.
An avo a day for a a few weeks - we obviously left the shop heavy laden and for the next few weeks, two happier tummies you could not find. They had one each for breakfast every morning mashed with a bit of lemon juice, salt and cracked black pepper.
Avos today still remain their favourite quick and healthy snack and my son stills has it for breakfast rather than cereal or porridge.
Last night, my family did not want a heavy cooked meal so we all decided that we would have avo and bacon on toast.
Take two slices of delicious walnut bread that has been toasted.
Mash one avo (not too finely)
add one chopped tomato, one red onion,
salt, pepper, a dash of balsamic vineger and the juice of half a lemon
and mix together.
Take a few slices of crispy bacon and crumble
it over the avo and mix together
And what you then have is one delicious healthy snack
that is packed with vitamins and rich in healthy oils.
It is a well documented fact that avos are one of nature's
power foods - not to mention being so delicious
and creamy.
Love The Tipsy Tart
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