DELICIOUS DECISION TO DETOX

January, and we (well some of us) are slightly expanded with good food, great food, rich food, sweet food, grandmother’s food.   Oh dear!  Hide the mirrors.  The French (you know, the thin ones) have a saying: ‘pour être belle, il faut souffrir’.  Literally, this means: ’ to be beautiful, it is necessary to suffer’.  That may go over in France, but I don’t much like the sounds of it on good old American soil. There’s a less stressful way to deal with overindulgences.  Yes, we could probably use a bit of detox, but let’s not suffer as we go.  Here is a little gem of a recipe for detox, and you won’t suffer at all.  Over the next few days, I hope to post a few more. 

Avocado Salad

This is absolutely the best way of eating avocados I have ever tasted and others agree!!

INGREDIENTS

2 avocados

2 fresh lemons, zest and juice

½ red onion, peeled and finely chopped   

2 small to medium tomatoes or one large,  roughly chopped

Bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped leaves

1 red chili, deseeded (unless you like it hot, some do!)  and finely choppeD

Splash of balsamic vinegar

3-4 Tablespoons Olive oil (good salad quality)

Sea salt

A bit of sugar if it is your taste

Zest lemons into a bowl, then cross cut and squeeze juice into the bowl as well. Cut avocados in half, top to bottom.  Twist to separate halves.   In a chopping motion, pierce pit with blade of knife.  Twist a bit and the pit should easily come out. 

Do not peel, but hold each half, one at a time in the palm of your hand, skin side down.  With a small sharp knife, cut avocado flesh (do not cut through peel) in a crisscross lattice type fashion.  Use a spoon to scoop out the chunks of flesh into the lemon juice and zest.  Toss a bit so that avocado pieces are all coated with lemon juice.

Now add all the chopped veggies to lemon mixture and gently stir, just to blend. 

 Add oil, vinegar, salt and sugar (optional).  Again, gently stir to blend.  Keep in refrigerator.

This salad has good keeping quality, but best to eat soon rather than later.  It is good on its own or over green leaves.

HAPPY NEW YEARS, my friends……..a year to focus on health!