What’s better than a home-cooked holiday meal with your family and friends? How about a home-cooked meal prepared by an award winning chef. Who wouldn’t love that? Today, I have an Avocados from Mexico giveaway for you all.
Avocados from Mexico has partnered with an all-star line-up of chefs to put some flavor into three lucky winner’s holiday entertaining. Throughout October, avocado fans can enter at facebook.com/theamazingavocado to win one of the three holiday parties in their own homes prepared by:
- Roberto Santibanez: Restaurateur and author of “Truly Mexican” (dinner on Thursday, December 1)
- Iliana de la Vega: Culinary educator and restaurateur (dinner on Friday, December 2)
- Rick Bayless: Bravo’s Top Chef Masters Season One Winner and Chef/Owner of Chicago’s Frontera restaurant (dinner on Saturday, December 3)
Now, these holiday feasts will feature a menu of authentic Mexican recipes. Plus, new ways of incorporating avocados into traditional holiday menus. The recipes are sure to become a favorite, as Chefs Rick, Iliana, and Roberto share their personal favorite holiday recipes with your friends and family.
In addition, three second-place winners will receive a one-year supply of avocados. Visit the Amazing Avocado Facebook page facebook.com/theamazingavocado to enter.
Avocados from Mexico has provided with an Avocado “kit” to giveaway to one as a reader. The kit will include a platter, avocados, and scooper/pitter. To enter, leave a comment telling me your favorite way to eat avocados. You have until Friday Oct. 28 at 10 pm (MST) to enter.
Here is a yummy new avocado recipe to try too, courtesy of Iliana de la Vega.
Guacamole con Granada
Ingredients
- 2 large avocados
- 1–2 chile jalapeño chopped
- 2 tbsp. diced onion
- 1 pomegranate (kernels only)
- 3 tbsp. fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1/2 tbsp. olive oil
- lime juice, to taste
- salt to taste
- Garnish
- 1 jicama, medium
Instructions
- In a molcajete (mortar and pestle or in a cutting board); mash the chiles. Reserve.
- Scoop the flesh of the avocados into a bowl, mash with a fork or a potato masher.
- Add chile to taste, onion, pomegranate kernels, cilantro, lime juice and salt to taste.
- Peel the jicama, cut it in half. Cut the jicama in thin slices to serve with the guacamole con granada. Serves 6.
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My family loves guacamole!
Guacamole is my favorite way to eat avocado.
I have an awesome avocado spread that I use on burgers…it’s delish!
I love them on BLTs or turkey wraps. Yum!
I love them with a little lime and adobo seasoning. Mush them up but leave some chucks and it’s delicious with tortilla chips.
Definitely in guacamole!! YUM!!
I love to eat avocados on toast sprinkled with a little bit of salt.
Mmmm I love avocados! I like to smash them up and spread on my sandwiches. They don’t slide off that way. 🙂
I like avocados in chicken fajitas and as guacamole. Thanks!
cut the avacado in half, take out the pit…pour soy sauce in the middle & eat with a spoon…YUMMY!!!!
I love them any way, but my whole family loves an avacado and black bean salsa.
THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO EAT AVACODOS. BUT MY FAVORITE WAY IS IN A BURRITO.
THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO EAT AVACODOS. BUT MY FAVORITE WAY IS IN A BURRITO.
I love avacados in our zesty summer salsa made with italian dressing….yum!
I love avacados in our zesty summer salsa made with italian dressing….yum!
I love avocados! Probably my favorite food. I love quacamole but nothing is better than a BLT or turkey sandwich with a few slices of avacado with salt and pepper.
I love avocados! Probably my favorite food. I love quacamole but nothing is better than a BLT or turkey sandwich with a few slices of avacado with salt and pepper.
I love to eat avocados with a spoon, right out of the shell .. with a sprinkling of kosher salt!! YUM!!!
I love to eat avocados with a spoon, right out of the shell .. with a sprinkling of kosher salt!! YUM!!!
Guacamole is my fav!
Guacamole is my fav!
OMG I love avocados and make lots of guacamole. I have an avocado or two in my kitchen at all times. We never make plain BLT’s anymore but instead we make BLA (avocado) T’s!
OMG I love avocados and make lots of guacamole. I have an avocado or two in my kitchen at all times. We never make plain BLT’s anymore but instead we make BLA (avocado) T’s!
How about an avocado sandwich. Soft white bread, slices of avocado, salt and pepper. My Mom would make them for our school lunch when
I was growing up. Yum yum.
How about an avocado sandwich. Soft white bread, slices of avocado, salt and pepper. My Mom would make them for our school lunch when
I was growing up. Yum yum.
Just with a little lemon, salt and pepper and add them to any sandwich,especially BLT.
Just with a little lemon, salt and pepper and add them to any sandwich,especially BLT.
i love guacamole! but have just started making breakfast burritos topped with slices of avocado. so addicting!
i love guacamole! but have just started making breakfast burritos topped with slices of avocado. so addicting!
Home-made guacamole is one of our favorite snacks in our house! But my husband loves to put just a wedge of avocado on a ritz cracker :O)
Home-made guacamole is one of our favorite snacks in our house! But my husband loves to put just a wedge of avocado on a ritz cracker :O)
My favorite way to eat avocados is fresh, right as they ripen, with a little garlic salt. Straight out of the shell. Yum!
My favorite way to eat avocados is fresh, right as they ripen, with a little garlic salt. Straight out of the shell. Yum!
One of my favorite ways to eat avocados is an avocado smoothie! Avocados, milk, sugar and bananas….
One of my favorite ways to eat avocados is an avocado smoothie! Avocados, milk, sugar and bananas….
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I love avocados! I’d love to be able to make some fresh guacamole with it, but I’ve always been too intimidated to try and cook with avocado myself! I really need to get over this so I can use this amazing food!
I love avocados! I’d love to be able to make some fresh guacamole with it, but I’ve always been too intimidated to try and cook with avocado myself! I really need to get over this so I can use this amazing food!
Guacamole is definitely my favorite way to eat them, but I’ve had them some strange ways too like in a smoothie. I currently have a chocolate tart I want to try that uses an avocado. Can’t wait.
Guacamole is definitely my favorite way to eat them, but I’ve had them some strange ways too like in a smoothie. I currently have a chocolate tart I want to try that uses an avocado. Can’t wait.
My favorite way to eat avocados is in Cowboy Caviar–it’s my favorite salsa!
My favorite way to eat avocados is in Cowboy Caviar–it’s my favorite salsa!
My favorite is guacamole. YUM
My favorite is guacamole. YUM
I like to eat them with my six-year-old daughter. When I was pregnant with her I litterally ate hundreds of avacados. Now, her absolute favoriate food, better than candy, is avacados. When we grocery shop and she sees the avacados she does this cute little “AV-A-CAD-O’S” chant! It’s very cute and loud.
We love to eat them plain with a little bit of salt.
I like to eat them with my six-year-old daughter. When I was pregnant with her I litterally ate hundreds of avacados. Now, her absolute favoriate food, better than candy, is avacados. When we grocery shop and she sees the avacados she does this cute little “AV-A-CAD-O’S” chant! It’s very cute and loud.
We love to eat them plain with a little bit of salt.
I love to eat them with my 6-year-old daughter. When I was pregnant with her I litterally ate hundreds of avacados. I couldn’t get enough of them. Now…her absolute favorite food is Avacados. Everytime she sees them at the store she chants this little song AV-A-CAD-O’S!!!! We eat them everytime they are on sale. We like them plain with salt.
I love to eat them with my 6-year-old daughter. When I was pregnant with her I litterally ate hundreds of avacados. I couldn’t get enough of them. Now…her absolute favorite food is Avacados. Everytime she sees them at the store she chants this little song AV-A-CAD-O’S!!!! We eat them everytime they are on sale. We like them plain with salt.
Oh my goodness, I spend my entire summer eating avocados! I mix up a diced avocado with a diced tomato and diced cheese, pour over some italian dressing and eat on crackers or baguettes.
Oh my goodness, I spend my entire summer eating avocados! I mix up a diced avocado with a diced tomato and diced cheese, pour over some italian dressing and eat on crackers or baguettes.
I love avocados in 7-layer dip!
I love avocados in 7-layer dip!
I’ll eat avocados just about anyway. Guac is a favorite, but so is mashed up with some salt and pepper on some bread. mmm!
I’ll eat avocados just about anyway. Guac is a favorite, but so is mashed up with some salt and pepper on some bread. mmm!
I use avocados in my guacamole!
I use avocados in my guacamole!
My favorite way to have an avocado is on a bacon, lettuce, and avocado sandwich on sourdough. Mmm!
My favorite way to have an avocado is on a bacon, lettuce, and avocado sandwich on sourdough. Mmm!
My favorite way is on a bacon, tomato and avocado sandwich. (A BAT.Our version of the BLT. 🙂
My favorite way is on a bacon, tomato and avocado sandwich. (A BAT.Our version of the BLT. 🙂
My favorite way to eat avocados are mashed up as guacamole. I love to eat guacamole on my burgers, with chips, on top of my nachos, and with a spoon!
My favorite way to eat avocados are mashed up as guacamole. I love to eat guacamole on my burgers, with chips, on top of my nachos, and with a spoon!
My favorite way to eat avocados is in a grapefruit salad which was added to a pork burger. The taste was amazing.
My favorite way to eat avocados is in a grapefruit salad which was added to a pork burger. The taste was amazing.
I eat avocadoes in guacamole. With chips on the side. Thanks for the giveaway!
I eat avocadoes in guacamole. With chips on the side. Thanks for the giveaway!
I eat avocados any way I can get them – plain, on sandwiches, in guacamole, on top of tacos, seriously anyway!
I eat avocados any way I can get them – plain, on sandwiches, in guacamole, on top of tacos, seriously anyway!
Doh! I wish there was another way to enter besides through Facebook. I need another reason to waste time on the computer like I need another hole in my head.
Doh! I wish there was another way to enter besides through Facebook. I need another reason to waste time on the computer like I need another hole in my head.
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