Avocado Breakfast Bundle

Here's a breakfast idea!  It takes only a few minutes and kept me full until lunchtime (quite an achievement).

Obviously, the base is half an avocado, stone removed.

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Calories in an avocado.  Before going on, let's take a moment to dispel a few myths about this awesome fruit.  Some of my clients are avocado-phobic because they have heard that eating an avocado leads straight to fat-butt hell.  Let's put this in perspective.  Half an avocado is somewhere between 80 and 170 calories, depending on the size of it.  About the same as a wrap or half an english muffin, but yummier and with a whole lot of nutrition. Don't be scared, just be smart.

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The filling is an egg fried in coconut oil with a few slices of strongly flavoured handmade cheese from my man Emilio at the Opawa Farmer's Market (I wish I could be more specific, but there is no label). I have re-embraced dairy lately as it seems to have a positive effect on my platelet count (currently up to 95,000, yay!).  Perhaps it's the vitamin K2?

Looking at how my body responds to dairy is an interesting study in how one food might cause percieved 'negative' and 'positive' effects concurrently, depending on what you are trying to achieve. When I was completely and pedantically dairy free my singing voice improved noticeably and I gained 3 whole tones at the upper end (that's huge) but my platelets went into freefall. I'm still trying to figure out the platelets.  It might not be dairy that's helping. It might be more eggs, it might be vitamin D, it might be mastic gum or digestive enzymes, it might be hugs from Miss J. It might be red wine (please, please, please...) Eventually, I hope to nail it.

On the top is basil pesto, also from the market.   I didn't cook the avocado, just piled the yummy stuff on top and ate it at my desk.

Give it a go.

For a giggle: read the reviews on these evil gummy bears. Does anyone know what the sweetener is? Maybe Xylitol?

:D

Avocado Bacon Muffins (paleo, gluten-free, SCD, sugar-free). Avocado Recipe Round Up.

This is, I promise, the last avocado recipe for now.  

I can't claim this as my own as I swiped the idea from Deb over at An Aussie with Chron's (recipe on the link).  I've since found that bacon and avocado muffins, mainstream version, are a kiwi fave. Who knew?  I never even met an avocado until my mid-20's and remember it being a bit hard to handle.

Slimy, green fruit?  How exotic.  As for baking with them, that's something really new-to-me.  You learn something new every day. Avocado muffins? YES!

As I didn't have the coconut flour required for Deb's recipe, I used almond flour instead and it did more or less work.  They were yummy, but a little soft.

After a little discussion with Deb via her comments, I think that a 50:50 almond meal and whole psyllium husks might work. You need something to soak up the liquid.

These muffins are suitable for paleo, gluten-free, diary-free, sugar-free and specific carbohydrate (SCD) diets.  I would say that one is a snack and 2-3 is a meal.

There is some argument about whether psyllium is actually 'paleo', but in my mind, it's a seed, and seeds are okies.  That having been said, I won't be eating any for a while. More about that tomorrow. If you do add psyllium, this makes the muffins unsuitable for the SCD.

Just in case you've missed the avocado-extravaganza, here's a round up:

Raw, Vegan Avocado Sauce
Mostly Raw, Vegan, Avocado Ganache Cake
Chocolate, Avocado Mousse
Bacon-Wrapped, Cheese Stuffed Avocadoes
Avocado on Mushrooms

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