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Bacon Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich

Bacon. Avocado. Egg. I’d like to introduce the holy trinity of breakfast to the meal we call lunch.

Sometimes lunch is actually breakfast, sometimes lunch doesn’t even happen until 4pm and we know all to well that most of the time, my lunch happens while driving – but whenever lunch does happen, if this Bacon Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich is involved you know it’ll be a good one.

So, how many people have a dozen of creatively decorated hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator right now? How many of you don’t even like eating hard boiled eggs? For me, it’s a texture thing with the yolks, but that leaves the question – what are you going to do with them? Waste them? No! Egg salad is obviously the answer, but not your regular egg salad, something a little special.

I introduced my dad to my favourite breakfast sandwich the other day – the smashed avocado, bacon and egg open faced sandwich and I had the brainwave to put the flavors into egg salad. I’ve been meaning to make egg salad sandwiches for a while, but like many things I plan on doing (cleaning my room, watching Downton Abbey, going skiing) it didn’t happen…until now.

Bacon Avocado Egg Salad Sandwiches (serves 4-6)
Recipe by Lou

Ingredients

6 hard boiled eggs, chopped
6 rashers of bacon, cooked and chopped
2 avocados, mashed
2 green onions, sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions

To hard boil the eggs, cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 15 minutes. Once finished cooking, remove from hot water and cover with cold water to stop cooking.

Mix together chopped hard boiled eggs, bacon, avocados, green onions, lemon juice, mayonnaise, black pepper, Dijon mustard and cayenne pepper in a bowl.

Serve on your favourite bread, and store in the fridge in an airtight container.

This Bacon Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich is a revelation and I highly recommend giving it a try this week.

- Lou

Avocado Feta Dip

While people go nuts over the Superbowl in February, I prefer The Oscars. It’s a time to look back and celebrate a great year of film. I usually love to throw an Oscar Party and last year I shared my menu leading up to the big day. Unfortunately, this year I have a bunch of midterms and papers due which means I will be watching the Oscars from my couch, in sweat pants, going over flashcards during commercial breaks. Does it get any more glamorous?

Instead of a delicious spread like last year, my snack of choice is this healthy Avocado Feta Dip. Midterms means stress, and stress can also mean eating. A lot. When I have this dip in my fridge and some carrot sticks and celery, I’m not worried about the midnight snacking because it’s not like I’m eating a whole row of Oreos… This dip is delicious, my whole family devoured it within seconds and I had to make another batch for tonight. It would also make a great after school snack for kids, just leave out the jalapeno. You can serve it the way I have in the photo above, with some celery, carrot sicks and crackers. It would go really well with red peppers also. Yum.

Avocado Feta Dip
Recipe by Lou

Ingredients

2 avocados
3/4 cup diced or crumbled feta
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 jalapeno, seeded and cut into 1 inch pieces
2 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil

Directions

In a food processor, pulse avocado, feta, onion, garlic, cilantro and jalapeno.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add lemon and olive oil. Pulse again until smooth.

This Avocado Feta Dip is so easy and healthy, I can foresee this dip having a constant presence in my fridge from now on.

- Lou

5 Ingredient Guacamole

I am obsessed with 5 Ingredient Recipes. And I’m obsessed with avocados, so this 5 Ingredient Guacamole is a natural progression.

Avocados on toast, avocado salad, avocado tossed with a little soya sauce, I could go on and on. While all of those preparations are divine, my favourite way to eat avocado is in its simplest form; plain and scooped right out of the peel with a spoon. People think I’m a little weird because I will literally just bring an avocado to class and eat it straight out of its peel. Sue me!

It’s kind of like the way I like to eat guacamole; made with just a few ingredients to really allow that avocado to shine. Plus it’s way easier and faster. A little onion, garlic and lemon go a long way. And please, don’t skimp on the salt, it’s one of avocados one true loves.

If you’re not really feeling making an extravagant, time consuming Super Bowl party this year (because let’s face it maybe you want to actually enjoy the game (Beyonce half time show) too?) this 5 Ingredient Guacamole is so simple and it will please the crowd. They’ll never know how easy it was.

5 Ingredient Guacamole (serves 4-6)
Recipe by Lou

Ingredients

3 avocados, peeled, pitted and smashed
1/4 cup chopped white or yellow onion, chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, crushed
coarse salt to taste

Directions

In a bowl, combine avocados, onion, lemon juice and garlic. Season with salt and mix to combine. Serve with your favourite chips.

If you are a fan of a simple, flavorful guacamole (and are in the camp of “what the heck are tomatoes doing in my guac!“) then this is the recipe for you. It couldn’t be easier or faster than this, my friends.