Share

Tweet

Pin

I don’t care how much of a follower it makes me, I am SO on the avocado bandwagon. I won’t be naming my firstborn child ‘Avocado’ or anything, but I am a really big fan of this creamy fruit (! it’s one of those sneaky fruits that is often more of a culinary vegetable – kinda like tomatoes). I’ve been craving key lime pie for quite a while, but I felt like it was time to branch out from only using raw cashews. Avocado was the perfect ingredient to help out with these key lime tarts and lend a lovely green color. And thus my mini avocado key lime tarts were born, with a coconut graham cracker crust to bring everything together.

The piece de resistance of these avocado key lime tarts is the coconut graham cracker crust. It was seriously hard to resist eating it with a spoon right out of the food processor. To keep this recipe totally unprocessed and whole foods-based, you can also use your favorite date- and nut-based crust. But I think graham cracker crust is one of those things that’s worth it!

In other avocado news, I successfully found food to eat in Atlantic City this weekend! We were staying at Revel, and they had a little Mexican joint inside the resort called Distrito Cantina. I had some guacamole, of course, as well as some black bean tacos that were quite delicious! And considering how expensive everything is in AC, $6 for a Corona (also vegan) with lime was, *in comparison*, a pretty good deal. For dinner, Relish Cafe: red pizza (hold the mozzarella) and a house salad. Not the best, but enough food to fuel a night at the penny slots. For breakfast: Luke’s Kitchen, for coffee and a plain bagel. In between meals, I snacked on a giant bag of Snapea Crisps that I brought along.

So is Atlantic City a vegan haven that I would recommend as a food destination? Absolutely not! Are there some things that vegans can eat there? Yes! To be honest with you, that’s good enough for me. It’s vacation, after all, and I’m not willing to spend it being stressed out. We had a great time and I actually had some pretty fantastic luck on the slots, multiplying my admittedly meager initial spendings several times over! We will definitely be going back someday.