Sometimes, it’s the littlest things that can make you say “wow”. I needed to create an avocado recipe and I had no idea where I was going to begin. Don’t get me wrong, I love avocados – a lot. I eat several of them a week. But coming up with an avocado recipe that is a game changer, that’s a different story. I needed something that was beyond the standard guacamole.

Growing up in California, I ate avocados all of the time. In fact, my favorite sandwich of all time is a BLTA. Crisp bacon, crunchy lettuce, juicy tomato and sweet avocados sandwiched between tangy sourdough bread with gobs of mayo will make me swoon every. single. time.

I was brainstorming with my husband about avocado recipes and his first contribution was “Bacon Wrapped Avocado”. Sounds interesting, but as a food blogger you have to consider the end photograph and I just kept visualizing a blob of brown bacon. Not so pretty, but I bet it would be incredibly tasty. Then I moved on to Avocado Creme Brulee, but it’s been done and I wanted something a little more “home cook friendly”. My next thought was an Avocado Panna Cotta (like this beautiful specimen from Winnie @ Healthy Green Kitchen) with something savory on top, but I just couldn’t wrap my mind around it completely. Then it hit me. What about incorporating the husbands bacon & avocado idea into a a BLTA, but deconstructed?

LIGHT BULB!

I knew I had to make it. I went for a cubed rustic bread that would stand up to the juicy tomatoes and mayonnaise and added in oven-friendly chiffonade spinach in lieu of watery iceberg. Lastly I added crisp bacon bits and a dash of S&P and we were off to the races. I stuffed it into avocado halves that were brushed with a bit of lemon juice to keep them from turning brown and baked them for 10 minutes to crisp up the bread stuffing.

Husbands comments: “mmmm” “wow” “yum” (Or something like that)

My comments: “We need to eat this again, tomorrow and the next day and the next day”.

It’s really good. Really.

It’s a quick and easy dish to make and if you love BLTA’s like I do, you will be glad you did. Enjoy!!

BLT Stuffed Avocado Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Yield: 2 Entree Servings or 4 Side Dish Servings Try this super easy recipe for a lunch for 2 or as a side dish for 4. Ingredients 2 large Hass Avocados

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 ½ cups small cubed rustic bread

1 medium tomato, cored, diced

1/3 cup spinach leaves, thinly sliced

¼ cup cooked bacon, chopped

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Halve the avocados and pit. Brush inside and out with the lemon juice. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Set aside. In a medium bowl add the bread, tomato, spinach, bacon, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Toss lightly to combine. Fill each avocado half with ¼ of the bread mixture, packing lightly. Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until the bread stuffing begins to brown. Remove and serve immediately. 3.1 https://www.farmgirlgourmet.com/2013/01/blt-stuffed-avocado.html Recipe courtesy of www.farmgirlgourmet.com. Reprinting without permission is unethical.