A 20-Something's Kitchen: Amazing Avocado Season

It is one of those too hot to heat up the kitchen kind of days. This is why my crock pot is currently filled with soon to be pulled pork...I hope.With life settling into a calmer pace I am finding myself back to searching my cookbooks for new dinner options. I wanted summer comfort food..is that actually possible? It is too hot for heavy pasta and meatballs, lasagna or bread bowls filled with any kind of soup. But after a day of cleaning out the basement, wiping down the kitchen and working in the garden, I wanted a something creamy and warm and yummy.This is when I stumbled across a recipe (on Pinterest--yes I am an addict) for avocado pasta. It claimed to be creamy like an Alfredo...hmm the wheels began to spin.... It is avocado season...spinning faster...and I could add chicken...faster still...and I can finally house leftovers! TA DA dinner inspiration! Now, J is not usually a fan of cooked tomatoes--yes he has quite a substantial list of things that won't touch his palate, but I figured he could just pick them out if he despised them (aren't I nice?) So here is how it goes, you need:

2 ripe avocados
3 TBS olive Oil
2 TBS lemon juice ( I used lime since I had it)
2 cloves of garlic- chopped
12ish quartered cherry or other small tomato ( I will use more next time)
grated Parm
Salt and Pepper
pine nuts-optional
fettuccine
chicken

About an hour before I wanted to serve, I quartered my tomatoes, coated them in olive oil and some salt and put them in the oven at 300

With about 30 min left to cook my tasty tomatoes...

I started by cooking cubed chicken pieces on the stove in olive oil.

While this was going, I cut and cubed my avocado and added them to my food processor- man do I need a bigger one of those, is it too early to start my Christmas list?

Next, I added the 2 TBS of olive oil, as I had already used 1 for the chicken- 2 TBS lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper to the processor.

Grind grind grind until smooth and creamy...it does not yet look appetizing!

Cook the pasta of your choice to al dente and stir pasta, chicken, tomatoes and sauce all together in a large bowl.

This is where you may garnish with one nuts if you so desire ( I did not simply because I forgot to buy them) But I did add the grated Parm and plenty of pepper!

Holy Guacamole is this delicious! It took a few bites to really appreciate the flavor, and get over the greenness... but Yumm-o! It really was creamy like an Alfredo sauce but tasted fresher and the tomatoes gave it a nice pop of a different texture. The original recipe did not call for chicken, but we are a carnivorous household and why not add some protein? We both nibbled on some seconds and J requested that this recipe go down in my official recipe book to be made again! He also requested a red wine for next time :)