Grilled Avocado

This recipe is from Meatless Monday.

Other avocado recipes: Baked Avocado and Avocado with Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Soy Sauce, and Lemon Juice.

Ingredients: 
-1 avocados, halved
-1/2 tablespoon lime juice
-1/2 tablespoon olive oil
-salt, to taste
-low-fat sour cream, for garnish
-Salsa

Coat avocado halves in olive oil and lime juice.
Grill for 5-8 minutes or until grill marks form.
I grilled mine on low heat for about 8 minutes.

Season with salt, top with salsa and sour cream.

Almost as good a guacamole, this could be eaten with tortilla chips or with a spoon. The grill makes the avocado warm and gooey. This is a delicious and easy way to switch up summer grilling with an easy side dish, appetizer or vegetarian meal. This recipe was also super easy, there's nothing I would change about it.

Baked Avocado

I love avocados! If you haven't tried the avocado aside from in guacamole this is a great recipe to expand your horizons -- aside from the avocado I had all of the ingredients in my kitchen already and this recipe only took a few minutes to put together. This recipes come from Mele Cotte.

Ingredients: 

-1 ripe Avocado

-¼ cup bread crumbs

-1 garlic clove, minced

-1 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

-1 Tbsp. basil, chopped

-1 Tbsp. lemon juice

-Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

-¼ Salsa

Mix together all ingredients except for the avocado.
The filling will make enough stuffing for both halves of the avocado.

Stuff back into the avocado. 

Bake at 450 for 5 minutes. 

Serve.

This recipe was delicious! I made this after a long day at school and I was so happy that there was only a minimal amount of work, barely any dirty dishes and a delicious meal waiting for me after only a few minutes. The hot avocado went perfectly with all of the flavors in the stuffing and the breadcrumbs added a nice crunch to the smooth/creamy avocado. If you're looking for a light dinner this is the perfect way to meet that need!