Avocado Toast

The food blogging community is flooded with all kinds of Mexican recipes today, but this one is probably the easiest one you'll see, it only takes about 5 minutes to prepare, and you won't believe how crazy good it is.  One bite and you'll know why we make it again and again.  Happy Cinco de Mayo!

We start with a simple clove of garlic, peeled and root end removed.

We'll also need a couple of pieces of toasted bread. The kind of bread doesn't really matter. Whatever floats your boat.

While the toast is still warm, take that clove of garlic and rub it all over the toast. The smell of warm garlic will hit your nose almost immediately and your mouth will begin to water. Don't be alarmed, this is good. Very, very good.

The next step is to take a half of a ripe avocado and smash it like so.

Scoop up the mashed avocado and schmear it all over the garlic rubbed toast. I'm dying here!

Now sprinkle the mashed avocado kosher salt and black pepper, and finish it off with a drizzle of your very best extra virgin olive oil. Sometimes I like to replace the salt and pepper with Everything Bagel seasoning!

If you have any leftover garlic, you can store it in a small glass jar in the fridge until you make your next batch of avocado toast. That'll be about an hour later.

Seriously, it's so good I couldn't even wait to take a photo before sinking my teeth into it. If you love avocado, this is a must try.

Items used to make this recipe:

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Avocado Toast

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 slices warm toast

• 1 whole clove garlic, peeled

• 1/2 ripe avocado, roughly mashed

• kosher salt and black pepper for sprinkling

• extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

Directions

1. Rub garlic clove all over both pieces of warm toast.

2. Smear mashed avocado evenly on both pieces of toast.

3. Sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper.

4. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.

Cheesy Spinach Egg Cups

These Cheesy Spinach Egg Cups may be small in size, but they're big on flavor! They're completely addictive and we can't stay away from them,  I served them at a large gathering recently. Afterward, while I was putting away the leftovers, a young man approached to tell me how much he loved them and asked if he could take the leftovers home. Apparently he didn’t cook much for himself, so I was happy to pack them up for him. Anyway, here's how they’re made.

Start by preparing a mini muffin pan by spraying it with Baker's Joy.  

Next we'll melt some butter in a skillet and add the spinach, salt, pepper, and dried marjoram.

Saute, stirring frequently, until the spinach is dry and starts to brown a bit.  

Remove the spinach from the skillet and allow it to cool completely.

When the spinach is cool, place it in a blender.

IMPORTANT - if you mix the batter in a food processor instead of a blender, be sure to stir the batter very well before pouring it into the mini muffin pan to evenly distribute the salt. TWICE i’ve made this mistake. So what’s the problem? A blender mixes everything from top to bottom, but a food processor doesn’t. The batter poured out of the top of a food processor work bowl will not have enough salt, while the batter at the bottom of the bowl will be way too salty.

Add the eggs and cheese.

Blend on LOW speed until the mixture is combined and the spinach and cheese are cut up into small pieces.  

Don't blend the mixture too much.  You want to be able to see bits of spinach and cheese. Actually, blending more will make your egg cups a more consistent green color, which my kids really seem to enjoy.  Might be a good thing to serve on St. Patrick's Day! 

Pour the mixture evenly into the 24 mini muffin cavities. 

Bake for 10 minutes.  Cool for 1-2 minutes before turning out of the pan.

That's it.  Serve warm or at room temperature.   I dare you not to eat way too many of these little guys.  Enjoy!

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Cheesy Spinach Egg Cups

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

• 12 ounce bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram (optional, but it pairs nicely with eggs)

• 6 extra large eggs (330g)

• 2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Place a rack in the center oven position and preheat oven to 375F.

2. Spray a mini muffin pan with Baker's Joy; set aside.

3. In a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter.

4. Add squeezed spinach, salt, pepper, and marjoram; stir for 3-4 minutes until spinach is dry and begins to brown a little.

5. Remove spinach from skillet and cool completely.

6. Place cooled spinach, cheddar cheese, and eggs in a blender and process on low until ingredients are well combined and the spinach and cheese are chopped into small pieces.

7. Pour mixture into prepared mini muffin tin, filling about 3/4 full.

8. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes before removing from pan. Serve hot or at room temperature.