IRON CHEF : avocado

I have a few friends that I regularly cook with. We all enjoy making creative dishes, but my favorite part is eating them. A few weeks ago, we randomly discussed our love of avocados and guacamole. As a native Southern Californian, I LOVE Mexican food - so guacamole provided for a nice mouthwatering tangent. Although initially a digression, avocados triggered a genius theme for our next gathering - Iron Chef Avocado.

As frequent viewers of the Food Network, we thought it would be fun to apply some of the challenges of Iron Chef to our own recipes. Last night we had our avocado adventure, and the recipes were certainly unique. See below for our creamy green creations... but, unfortunately given the investigatory nature of our recipes there are no exact amounts of anything. We played the trial and error tasting game with these dishes, and I think we won.

Avocado Deviled Eggs

avocados

hard boiled egg yolks

mustard

worcestershire sauce

chives

salt and pepper

mix ingredients to pipe into hard boiled egg whites

(we essentially replaced any sort of dairy ingredient with avocado)

BBQ Chicken Avocado Quesadillas

My recipe! I call it BBQdillas

olive oil

corn tortillas

(all inside the tortillas)

jack, cheddar, and mozzarella cheese

pre-cooked chicken marinated in BBQ sauce

red onions

tomatoes

avocados

basil

cook in the oven

Avocado Dessert Drink

This recipe is not an original. Apparently this drink is part of the cuisine in Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Hawaii

avocados

sugar

milk

ice

blend

Avocado Risotto

Not totally sure of all the ingredients, this was a magical melting pot of taste

rice

chicken broth

onions

tomatoes

pickled garlic and garlic pepper

(we had no fresh garlic in the pantry)

capers

salt and pepper

(mixed in after preparing risotto)

parmesan

avocados

heat on the stove

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I hope you're willing to try some of these recipes or be a little creative yourself. I'm making those BBQdillas again tomorrow!