So I went and scouted out a similar but different recipe here.
Basically, for a box (1lb) of pasta, you blend (I use my Magic Bullet) 2 avocados, 3-4 cloves garlic, some olive oil, basil, and salt... and presto! Delicious, creamy basil avocado "sauce". Trust me. It's fantastic. It's like alfredo sauce without the cream and all that bad stuff!
However. This household is very much a plain-pasta household. Scot makes/eats it nearly daily, and all he likes on it is cheese. Preferably pecorino romano, but parmesan will also do. I generally need to sauce up my occasional bowls of pasta with a bit more than cheese, so I am left to conjure up a single serving portion of whatever my little heart may desire.
Enter: me being a genius.
I am currently in love with the aforementioned basil avocado sauce. So what's a girl to do but make some to top her one bowl of pasta (for the past five times)?
I don't really need to do a tutorial for this, but I'm fantasizing about it right now, so naturally I felt the urge to make it and share it.
Numero uno: gather ingredients for a quick avocado sauce.
Garlic powder instead of real garlic, dried basil instead of fresh, olive oil (yes, that is BASIL INFUSED olive oil.. so good!), salt, and half an avocado.
Numero dos: combine ingredients into bowl.
Numero tres: mash with fork.
Numero cinco: mix up and throw in some tomato and mozzarella for some color and flava-flav.
Numero seis: eat!
I really just did that little play by play to make you all hungry. Did it work? It sure did for me. Mmmm so tasty. Now go make some!
PS. Anyone else think "Magic Bullet" sounds like a really dirty name for a blender? No? Just me?
7 comments:
I would have never thought to make a sauce with avocado, but man that does look delish!
YuMMMMM I've been wanting to try this pasta sauce for months now and totally forgot about it. I have a food processor FINALLY and will probably make it soon! YUM!
Avocado is a staple in my life.
I'm eating oatmeal as I read this and pretending I'm eating that instead.
Hi, move in and cook for me? K, thanks.
WHAAA? Definitely gonna have to try this.
This looks ridiculously tasty! I love the idea of homemade pasta sauce instead of using something premade!
Ok so I don't like avocados (yet... I hope to in the future) so I'm putting this on a mental back burner for when I do. And AGREE about the magic bullet! My friend actually had a misunderstanding with another friend on facebook about this (she said something about hers arriving from Amazon and they other friend was like "why are you posting this?!?!" etc etc) So yea, long story short (too late) I AGREE! Poor choice in names!
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