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Friday, April 8, 2011

Pear Avacado Salad with Sweet Potato Fries and Curry Mayo


one of my staple favorites!

INGREDIENTS

* 1 head of lettuce

* 1/2 cucumber

* 1 avocado

* 1 pear (any type)

* balsamic vinaigrette

* thin slices of Parmesan Reggianno

* 3-4 sweet potatoes

* 1/3 cup mayonnaise

* 1 tsp powered curry

Directions for Salad:

1. Wash lettuce (do I really need to write that? ) dry and chop leaves. Place into a bowl.

2. Slice cucumbers in quarters.

3. Peel avocado (duh!) and slice flesh into medium chunks.

4. Thinly slice pears.

.....kids if this takes you more than 5 minutes, you are falling asleep on the job!......

Meanwhile........

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 (or 425 F) I can never remember what temperature it works best on)

2. Drizzle olive oil on pan and peel sweet potatoes

3. Slice these up and coat them in the oil on the pan.

4. Bake for 30 minutes turning occasionally......this is where it gets tricky....keep an eye on them I check every few minutes to watch they are browning nicely. I love when they are crispy(ish)
on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside. Hope you do better than me:)

5. Mix mayonnaise and curry power together and let it sit for a few minutes.

Finally......

......mix lettuce, cucumbers, avocado together. Place sliced parmesan and black olives on top and finally drizzle balsamic vinegrette over it all.

* Don't forget the pears on the side as well as the sweet potatoes!!!!


btw........this is me cooking for a family of 7 so obviously you will need to alter that to suit who you are cooking for. I sound ridiculous! :)




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