Easy Super Bowl recipes, 2024 edition

What’s on your usual Super Bowl menu? Guacamole is a must on ours – but maybe it’s time to reconsider this singular use of avocado, and to highlight a few other Game Day menu ideas 🙂

Below you have some of the dishes with avocado featured on my Instagram channel. You can also check out my previous Game Day avocado-free menu posts: Toom Lebanese garlic dip, vegan beetroot salad, eggplant and pepper dip, oyster mushroom pasta salad, and quinoa, sweetcorn and spinach patties.

Let me know which recipe you would make first. Happy cooking 🙂

Avocado stuffed with salad

Is avocado a veggie or a fruit? I pondered on this question recently, when I participated in an Instagram challenge along with foodies from all around the world, who had to present their creations using veggies. According to usda.gov, “Tomatoes, avocados, eggplants, cucumbers, green peppers, zucchini, butternut squash, and others are classified as fruits by botanists because they are the fleshy plant part surrounding its seeds. However, for nutritional and culinary purposes, these foods are considered to be vegetables rather than fruits. The nutritional classification of foods considers not just botany, but a food’s nutrient content, use in meals, and taste” (ask.usda.gov, August 3, 2023)

There are actually quite a few discussions on the Internet on avocado being a fruit or a veggie. Classifications aside, I think avocado has an amazing flavor and texture, and I love, love, love it 🙂

Looking to wow your guests with your presentation? In my opinion, the shape of the avocado makes it perfect for stuffing with Game Day favorite creamy salads. The salad in these pics is made of boiled potatoes, carrots, peas and corn in a yogurt-based dressing, with chilli infused evoo, everything bagel seasoning, and edible flowers. Other salads suitable for stuffing the avocado with can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. I think stuffed avocados have great looks and fabulous nutrition, and they increase the enjoyment of the food.

I love the blend of colors on the plate, and their delicious, inspiring energy 🙂

Easy avocado toast or sandwich

Avocado in sandwiches is all the rave these days thanks to late Australian chef Bill Granger, and sky is the limit when it comes to delicious innovation. I find this type of sandwich particularly suited to the addition of edible flowers. Below you have a summer open-faced sandwich with avocado, goat cheese, homegrown Swiss chard, cherry tomatoes, chives, and edible flowers.

Creamy smashed avocado and goat cheese are mixed with finely chopped chives and lemon juice, topped with more cheese and an abundance of fresh crunchy chard, with oregano flowers, wild yellow wood sorrel (safe to eat in small quantities) and nasturtium, pink dianthus and calendula petals. A sprinkle of everything bagel seasoning, and lunch is ready!

In winter, I recommend the use of carnations and roses to beautify sandwiches. Always be sure to choose a sturdy, high quality bread, able to withhold the bounty of deliciousness. I usually make my own bread, and when I buy, I choose La Brea Bakery breads (you can read my review of their fabulous breads here and here)

Anyone else in love with this scrumptious, colorful, creamy-crunchy combo?

Avocado dessert idea: avocado bars

Most of my frequent uses of avocado have been in savory dishes, but avocado is amazing in desserts as well, such as the one showcased below, which I believe is perfect for Game Day, Valentine’s Day – and any day of the week, really 🙂

These avocado and chocolate bars (recipe found on the California Avocado website) feature a wholesome oat-based crust and a creamy avocado topping. I had some topping left over, which I served in glasses, as a mousse.

I drizzled melted dark chocolate and sour cherry preserve, respectively, I added pomegranate arils and a few roughly chopped peanuts, and then I grabbed a spoon and I took a bite, feeling the nourishing energy of these treats, and thoroughly enjoying the capture and the moment.

The roads might be heavy with snow, hazy particles squinting at our feet, dusty clouds shuffled by snowblowers from one side to the other, but I am dreaming of green abundance, and of warmer days ahead, thanks to this fabulous use of avocado in a no-bake dessert. A lot of green, a touch of sweetness, a blissful brightness – dessert cravings satisfied 🙂

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