July 23, 2011: Avocado Boats Recipe

Here’s another side dish recipe I scrapped together from various ones I found on the Food Network website, modified to use the ingredients I had on hand. They came out quite yummy and they look good, too!

Avocado Boats

2 avocadoes
½ lime
2/3 cup sliced yellow cherry tomatoes, halved
3 thick slices bacon, crisply fried
1 t. Kosher salt
Cracked black pepper

Halve the avocadoes and carefully scoop the fruit out of the peels. Remove the pits. Squeeze the juice from the lime half evenly over each. Fill the cups of the avocadoes with tomatoes. Sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper to taste. Crumble cooked bacon over the top.

Tip: You can use other types of tomatoes in these avocado boats. Baby heirloom tomatoes, with their pretty colors, would look and taste fantastic, too.