What do our fellow bloggers, writers, and online friends eat, first thing in the morning? We are asking some friends to share their favorite morning nourishment with us. I will cook and eat it too, and bring you their thoughts on what to eat first thing in the morning.
Avocado and honey, blended to perfection? Oh yeah. Lizzie shares a heavenly, easy recipe that will leave you licking the glass clean!
Lizzie's Blog, Tomboy Style, is my daily dose of refreshing, cross-era fashion. In a time when many fashion blogs buzz with the latest Louboutin or it-girl shade of lipstick, Lizzie's site instead focuses on classy inspirational images with a great eye for uncovering style mavens from a bygone era. Tomboy Style is comprised mostly of images from an assortment of decades (1920s-present), who all share a certain tomboyish taste. The images usually embody a can-do spirit of comfort and strength. The blog posts brighten my day and inform a lot of my own fashion decisions. TomBoy Style also features contemporary ladies who embody this sensibility. The images are always seamlessly put together, with great captions and superb interviews. The wonderful news is that Tomboy Style will be transformed into book form in Spring of next year. Hooray!
About this breakfast Lizzie says:
My high school friend Carolina Santos-Neves, who is now works for Epicurious, turned me onto this recently. I am an avocado freak (thankfully I live in Los Angeles where I can indulge all year), and this is so easy and quick that it fast became in heavy rotation in my house. She grew up in Brazil eating these, and actually has a recipe demo on YouTube for it, and it just a great, fast (and pretty healthy) breakfast.
This breakfast is one of the best things to have recently graced my breakfast table. It's so light, yet indulgent -- full of great, healthy fats and decadence, yet exotic and refined as well. It even freezes well, so if you want to double the batch and eat some the next day, swirled into a cup of yogurt or another smoothie perhaps, it's easy to do so. I topped my own version with a little crushed almond, instead of the suggested granola, only because I am a granola monster and have put a temporary embargo on the addictive stuff. I cannot recommend this easy, dreamy recipe enough. It's absolutely marvelous any time of day and will wow guests as an easy dinner party dessert as well. I raise my glass of avocado pudding to you, Lizzie!
Avocado Breakfast Pudding (a.k.a. Vitamina de Abacate)
serves 1 or 2
1 ripe avocado
1/2 cup of milk
1 TBS honey
2-3 TBS of granola (or, as I used, crushed almonds)
Scoop avocado into a blender (or cusinart). Add 1/2 cup of milk. Add the honey and blend until smooth. Garnish with granola or almonds. You can also chill for about an hour for a refreshing coolness.
Thanks Lizzie for contributing to our Breakfast with a Blogger series!
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* swoon * I cannot WAIT to try this!
The color of the pudding is fantastic. So pretty!
Sounds delicious. I do love avocado boba tea and this is probably very similar.
Ha, this is also very good for your hair. I often find too-ripe avocados at the market and ask for them for free--usually they are happy to get rid of them. Mix with honey, put it in your hair for a while. Shiny shininess.
i love adding cocoa and dates to my avocado pudding - people think it's gross until they try it!
*double swoon* Lizzie and the pudding!
Highly recommended appliance alert: immersion blenders make this almost too easy to make. I love avocados pureed with a scant tbsp of dutch process cocoa. It makes chocolate pudding for breakfast totally okay!
This pudding idea is a little outside my comfort zone, but I'm going to have to try it. If it's anything as good as the frozen bananas, I'm there.
But what a cool blog!!
Looks so delicious!
Wish I had tomboy style--sadly, 5'2" is kind of an automatic disqualifier. :-)
You are so lucky. In Calif., the avocados truly are better. I whirl avocado with lemon yogurt. Or, for dessert, with lemon sorbet.
Avocado pudding/mousse variation I used to eat growing up: avocado, juice of half a lime and sugar. Mix it with an immersion blender. Then, being of Japanese-Brazilian heritage, my mom would add some pieces of "shiratama" (type of mini mochi made with rice flour)... Talk about fusion! :) The chewy and smooth contrast is pretty interesting!
Does anyone else find "looks delicious" "sounds delicious" comments frustrating? I read comments to find out how something tastes. I can already see that it looks good.
@careyschw - it was just posted today, so i doubt anyone has had a chance to make it yet. i'm planning to make it in the morning if my avocados are ripe yet. :)
as the writer/photographer of this post, i will put in my 2 cents and say to @careyschw, i welcome all 'looks delicious' type of comments -- adds to the conversation and is a genuine impression of what's being posted, always a welcome thought! and the visual of the recipe is often the incentive to actually make the dish featured! it is for me, anyways.
all the best,
leela
Not only does it look delicious (wonderful photography!), but I can add that I sometimes make something similar with avocado and almond milk (more of a smoothie consistency) and it *is* delicious. :)
Can't wait to try it. I think this is right up my alley. Thank you for sharing!
after suffering in the dentist's chair for nigh on three hours yesterday (aaaahhh, crown work) I returned home a strange mixture of still a bit numb, achey and ravenous - this pudding was a god-send. I did go ahead and chill it for half an hour and the silky smooth texture and totally savory taste of the avocado were a delight. Only thing I'd do differently next time is maybe cut back the sugar - it was a tad too sweet pour moi. Oh! And I'd try the granola! Clearly dental work made this a no-go last night.
I'll second the adding cocoa powder and dates for an AMAZING chocolate pudding (although maybe not for breakfast). I made some for my parents and told them to guess the secret ingredient. They were shocked but totally loved it. It's also quite nice with a little toasted coconut on top.
One tip - make sure to use a fairly large avocado, or you will end up with a very soupy pudding! I buy the Trader Joe's 4 packs of avocados and at least here in Michigan, they are pretty small. I only used one and ended up with a yummy soup for breakfast. Next time I will try 2 small avocados and see how that turns out.
sweet avocado, love the idea! can't wait to try it.
loved the crushed almonds on top too - i've been putting them on a cucumber avocado soup i've been eating lately on extra-hot days. like this recipe, it's a quick trip in a blender, and it's awfully handy to have lunch in a mug.
oh.mae.gawsh. I CANNOT WAIT to make this! I am confused by the cocoa powder though - does it really make it look/taste like chocolate pudding?!
Just finished this for breakfast at my desk and it's incredible. A perfect breakfast on the go - only took 5 minutes because I'd set everything out the night before. By the time the water boiled for tea, the pudding was in my to-go container. And hour later and I have hot Earl Grey and creamy, decadent avocado breakfast pudding. Makes a rainy, grey workday morning a little skosh perkier. Thanks for a great recipe.
Coming back to report I tried this with the cocoa powder and WOW. The texture is amazingly like pudding. It took a little more honey than the recipe called for to get it to taste more like chocolate than avocado, and I could still taste it a tiny bit. But my husband could not guess there was avocado in it. Plus, it was surprisingly filling.
thanks for sharing all your reported successes and modifications everyone!! mmm!
tomorrow morning's brekkie! hurray for this post!
it's tomorrow- i'm eating this as i type. topped it with homemade granola and used almond milk (unsweetened vanilla). it really is as good as it looks!! also, AP posted this recently:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/sweet-easy-raw-recipe-avocado-cacao-mousse-146032
which i think would take this recipe to a whole new level. it really has the most amazing mousse-like texture and the flavor is light.
yum.
Trish1980, i think it would brown if you made it ahead of time -- but you could freeze some and let it thaw for an hour, no browning there, just a bit different in texture and very cold.
Can you substitute the milk for soy or almond milk? Will it still come out the same???
This looked and tasted amazing! I used rice milk instead of cow's milk. Next time, i might use a more mild flavored sweetener. I used a strong tasting honey and i thought it overwhelmed the naturally delicious taste of the avocado. I will definitely make it again!
Paola, i used almond milk (vanilla unsweetened) and it worked great- same texture as you see in the pic, I used two small avos to the tsp of honey so it wasn't overly sweet and i just poured in the almond milk bit by bit until the texture looked right rather than measure it out. It was perrrrfect.
Too bad the avo crops have had a rough go and now are pricey or I would eat this all the time!
I wasn't sure what I'd think of this... but it's brilliant! I would use slightly less milk next time, but it was perfect. This was a beautiful dessert for me! So creamy and delicious!
i actually made this the other night, LOVED IT! so good. nice!!
Mmmm. I tried this with a couple of avocados at home with cocoa powder and brown sugar..Heaven in a spoonful. New breakfast indulgence for me!
I made this and it was AMAZING and so simple. Yum. Chocolate variation sounds great, too.
I made this last night for dessert and had the rest for breakfast this morning (when avocado browns, all you need to do is stir and it's back to that vibrant green!). I topped it with toasted walnuts this morning and I think they made a big difference in the dish-definitely wouldn't leave them out:)
Made the pudding this morning.
I started with a tablespoon of honey and ended up adding about 3. It tasted too much of just plain avocado without it. Then I added the granola. But for me, it was still missing something. After reading the comments, I added cocoa. It made it better...but I still didn't LOVE it. And I really love avocado (I eat it mashed on toast with salt, pepper, and olive oil). Maybe the problem was I used vanilla soy milk instead of milk. Next time I'll try it with condensed milk instead of honey
Love the recipe. I added an apple for flavor. Great suggestion! I am eating this every morning :)
Verygood! I added chocolate chips half way through eating the bowl... ;)
I just made this and LOVE it!! I thought my son might not jump at it with the very slight avocado flavour, so I threw in a banana afterwards too. That made it a bit too sweet with the honey too, so next time, I'll put in a bit less honey. But this is delicious! And I love the smooth texture.