EASY AND EDIBLE HOLIDAY CENTERPIECES START WITH AVOCADOS - EASY AVOCADO WREATH
MAKES ABOUT 24 APPETIZER SERVINGS
Description
No worries about packing these holiday decorations away when the season’s over – they’re gone by the end of the party! The basis of the easy-to-do wreath and tree is Chilean Hass Avocados, in season now because it’s summer down in Chile, where they grow top quality fruit (yes, the avocado is a fruit).
Avocados add great flavor and color to these centerpieces and also provide nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients (beneficial plant compounds). Avocados do have fat but theirs is monounsaturated and polyunsaturated and thus a good replacement for saturated fat.
For another party try the avocado spread, as in the Wreath recipe, to pipe on toasted pita quarters, baguette slices or crackers. Kids love to help with the mashing and the squeezing.
Ingredients
- 5 Chilean Hass Avocados
- ¼ cup lime or lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Rinse avocados. Cut each avocado in half. Spoon out pits. Spoon out flesh into a Large zip top plastic bag. Squeeze to press air out. Seal bag. Mash bag with hands until avocados are smooth but still with a few chunks. With scissors, snip just the corner off of one end of the bag. Pipe avocado mixture into wreath shape on large serving plate. Garnish with chopped red pepper. Serve with crackers.
Nutritional Information per serving - calories 53, fat 4.7g, saturated fat 0.5 g, % calories from fat 71%, protein 1g, carbohydrates 3.3g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 48.5mg, fiber 1g.