Look Mom, I'm eating my avocados!

NOTE: While the title may have you believe that tonight's dinner was an avocado fest ... there were only 1.5 avocados harmed in the making of this dinner.

When I was growing up I would often grimace every time my mother put down a salad ... I didn't mind the lettuce, the carrots, the tomatoes or even the mushrooms (well, no one under the age of 10 likes those, but I'm talking about 10 - 18) but the avocados were a whole different story.  Don't get me wrong, guacamole on taco night was fine (just not enough that it wasn't drowned out by the meat & cheese) but the avocado that you could actually taste?  No thanks!

But a few years into college, while I was working the line in a restaurant, I realized how lucky I was to have had unrestricted access to avocados growing up.  If only I had taken more advantage of it!!!

Fast forward to today, and I can't get enough avocados in my daily diet ... we put them in basically every dinner, and occasionally other meals too.

Tonight was a pretty basic Tuesday for us ... I started by making a pot of my yellow rice & black beans and then firing up the grill (yes, even though it's raining).  Once the grill was hot I tossed on the soy & pepper marinated buffalo flank steak.  While the meat was cooking I warmed up the cast iron and started cooking tortillas.

Once the buffalo was cooked, I sliced it thinly and served it over the rice with sauteed avocado (first half avocado that was harmed in the making of this dinner), salad w/ avocado (second half avocado that was harmed in the making of this dinner) & some leftover avocado salsa (last half avocado that was harmed in the making of this dinner) from last night.