Easy guacamole

Last week I made Yasus some egg and chicken salad, this week I tried to make him something else I know he loves. He loves, love, LOVES eating nachos. He usually just melts some cheese on the chips and dips them in salsa, but he likes a more extended version too for example with guacamole.

I cut open the avocados, spooned out the flesh and mashed them with a fork in a bowl. I added all the salsa left in the jar, a handfull of crumbled bacon, squirted in some lime juice and shook in some salt and mixed it well. Then I put it in the fridge to chill.

Yasu was very happily surprised when lunch turned out to be tortilla chips with bacon guacamole! I sprinkled some more crumbled bacon on top of the guacamole, to show him bacon was hidden inside the green mountain. He loved it, and really wants me to make this again. I know I will, but next time I will use freshly chopped tomatoes instead of salsa.

Leftover Easter eggs

Last week was Easter and we still had some leftover hard-boiled eggs that needed to be consumed by today, so I made some egg salad for my hubbie. Yasu just can't forget the awesome egg salad he ate from a Dutch grocery store last year, and I tried to recreate it because they don't sell it in the supermarket here.

I peeled the eggs and roughly chopped them with a fork in a bowl. I added a good amount of mayo, some serious shakes of curry powder, and shredded leftover rotisserie chicken (I did not use all the chicken in the picture - not even close - I made sure there was more egg than chicken) and mixed it all together. If it was too dry I would add more mayo and keep on mixing until it looked like egg (and chicken) salad. I think I also added some sea salt along the way. Then I let it chill for a few hours in the fridge until Yasu came home from school.

I put the egg and chicken salad on some toasted french bread, sprinkled it with parsley flakes and let him test it. He loved it. I think I put too much curry powder in it, but will definitely make this again... with less curry, more sea salt and some freshly ground black pepper.