Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Ba Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” just run through your head or are you young? 😂 I despise Parkway traffic in the summer but love that our kids get to have a Jersey shore summer just like we did when we were their age. 💛
Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I con Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I consider it a win… dinner date with my oldest at Cava to close out the weekend, perfection. 🥰
The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boar The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boards from @ainttooproudtomeg’s cheese board deck. They may have eaten about half as much as they arranged, but that’s the point, right? 😍
We hope today made you as happy as this little chi We hope today made you as happy as this little chippy who hit paydirt with a $100,000 grand candy bar he found. 😍 (he actually had found himself TWO candy bars from we don’t know where, but we squired one away bc that felt like a sugar coma waiting to happen 😂)
If burrata is the question, the answer should be a If burrata is the question, the answer should be a loud and emphatic YES. Unless you’re lactose intolerant or somethin’.
Forever mood. 🙄 Forever mood. 🙄
This is 20. He challenges me on a regular basis a This is 20.  He challenges me on a regular basis and questions or says no to almost all of my crazy ideas. He is sometimes sassy, rolls his eyes at me, and forgets that I’m in charge, but he is also kind, loyal, a hard worker, and his sister thinks he hung the moon. He will stand up for either of us with a quickness any time he thinks someone has wronged us, and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. I never questioned wanting to be a mom, and being his mom, their mom, is one of the things I am 100% confident in. Happy birthday, Nick, we love you. xo
I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring an I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring and whether it’s somewhere we’ve been before or somewhere new, there’s so much to see and do right here in our own backyard. We spent Sunday afternoon back at the Orchard View Lavender Farm in Port Murray. Such a beautiful tranquil spot, you can easily lose yourself there for hours amongst the heavenly scent of lavender and the sweet butterflies. ✨
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Recipe: Smashed Chickpea & Avocado Salad Sandwich {A Week of Vegetarian Lunches}

June 4, 2012 · Narrative

Smashed Chickpea and Avocado Salad Sandwich
When I came home last Sunday with our monster-sized haul of fruits and vegetables, I thought it would be fun to do a week’s worth of vegetarian lunches.  I started the week off with this favorite tried-and-true recipe for Warm Butternut Squash and Chickpea Salad, and a few roasted vegetable sandwiches, and when I saw this recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod recently on Pinterest, the Smashed Chickpea and Avocado Salad Sandwich, it was the perfect finish.

Truth be told, avocado and I are closerthanthis.  On any given day, we have several on our kitchen counter, in smattering degrees of ripeness.  My 9-year-old son, Nick, and I will have one or two with dinner, or I’ll have one in various sandwich incarnations.  He likes an avocado drizzled with a little bit of olive oil, hot sauce, and kosher salt.  I do too.  It’s an awesome way to bring out the full, buttery, creamy rich flavor of the avocado.

This Smashed Chickpea and Avocado Salad Sandwich became my lunch on Thursday.  I almost skipped the “shell the chickpea” step.  I mean, really, I can honestly say I have never thought of shelling chickpeas when I’ve used them before, but to try the dish in its original form the first time, I shelled.all.the.chickpeas.  Each and every one.  Man, super tedious work.  A task I should have put one of my little helpers to, but luckily for them, they were outside enjoying a few moments of (rare) sunshine.

The recipe is super simple to make.  Just a few ingredients.  Mix ’em all together.  Slap between your favorite toasted bread.  Dig in.  I did drizzle a little bit of hot sauce on it before closing up the bread.  Ok, perhaps more than a little bit, because this newest bottle doesn’t have the small hole and apparently I couldn’t control the flow as well as I thought I could.  But the end result?  Pure deliciousness.

A great, simple sandwich that you can enjoy without the guilt.  While my 9-year-old loves hummus and avocado, he doesn’t like chick peas in their originating form.  S’alright.  More for me.  His sister, Madeline, will, unfortunately for now, touch neither chickpeas nor avocado.

Want to try your own taste of this sandwich?  Grab the recipe right here.

Looking for more tasty sandwich ideas?  You can check out my Pinterest sandwich page over here.

Hungry for more avocado recipes?
Try this grilled cheese on for size that we dished up last week.
Or this favorite roasted vegetable sandwich that is a repeat go-to.
This salad from Joy the Baker.
Use your avocados to top this Black Burger.
These little Tomato, Avocado, and Hummus Pita Pizzas.
This recipe for Sriracha Avocado Deviled Eggs from The Perfect Pantry.
Delicious avocado fries from Dine & Dish.
An easy weeknight meal from Sarah’s Cucina Bella by way of an Avocado, Cilantro, and Lime Rice Bowl.

We currently have five avocados on the counter – would love to hear about YOUR favorite avocado recipe!

The winner from Friday’s “guess how much” contest was Terri.  My total was $60.31.  Nice job!  Please e-mail me at cate AT sweetnicks DOT com so I can get your cookbook sent off to you!

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Posted In: Narrative · Tagged: avocado, chickpeas, Dine & Dish, hummus, Joy the Baker, Pinterest, sandwiches, Sarah's Cucina Bella, The Perfect Pantry, Two Peas and Their Pod

Comments

  1. Joanne says

    June 5, 2012 at 6:39 am

    I think I have this recipe bookmarked and triple starred…make that quadruple starred now that you loved it also! I adore avocados paired with a fried egg and some melted cheese!

    Reply
  2. patsy says

    June 5, 2012 at 8:06 am

    I’ve got a couple of avocadoes on my counter as well… and they are planned to go with a scrambled eggs and tomatoes between a couple of slices of toasted bread… yummmmm!

    Reply
  3. Terri says

    June 5, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Wow…Awesome! I’ll email you my info shortly!

    Reply
  4. Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef says

    June 6, 2012 at 9:08 am

    Avocados go with so many things and they’re so good for us.

    I love sandwiches and this one would make me happy.

    Reply

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Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Ba Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” just run through your head or are you young? 😂 I despise Parkway traffic in the summer but love that our kids get to have a Jersey shore summer just like we did when we were their age. 💛
Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I con Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I consider it a win… dinner date with my oldest at Cava to close out the weekend, perfection. 🥰
The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boar The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boards from @ainttooproudtomeg’s cheese board deck. They may have eaten about half as much as they arranged, but that’s the point, right? 😍
We hope today made you as happy as this little chi We hope today made you as happy as this little chippy who hit paydirt with a $100,000 grand candy bar he found. 😍 (he actually had found himself TWO candy bars from we don’t know where, but we squired one away bc that felt like a sugar coma waiting to happen 😂)

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Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Ba Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” just run through your head or are you young? 😂 I despise Parkway traffic in the summer but love that our kids get to have a Jersey shore summer just like we did when we were their age. 💛
Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I con Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I consider it a win… dinner date with my oldest at Cava to close out the weekend, perfection. 🥰
The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boar The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boards from @ainttooproudtomeg’s cheese board deck. They may have eaten about half as much as they arranged, but that’s the point, right? 😍
We hope today made you as happy as this little chi We hope today made you as happy as this little chippy who hit paydirt with a $100,000 grand candy bar he found. 😍 (he actually had found himself TWO candy bars from we don’t know where, but we squired one away bc that felt like a sugar coma waiting to happen 😂)
If burrata is the question, the answer should be a If burrata is the question, the answer should be a loud and emphatic YES. Unless you’re lactose intolerant or somethin’.
Forever mood. 🙄 Forever mood. 🙄
This is 20. He challenges me on a regular basis a This is 20.  He challenges me on a regular basis and questions or says no to almost all of my crazy ideas. He is sometimes sassy, rolls his eyes at me, and forgets that I’m in charge, but he is also kind, loyal, a hard worker, and his sister thinks he hung the moon. He will stand up for either of us with a quickness any time he thinks someone has wronged us, and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. I never questioned wanting to be a mom, and being his mom, their mom, is one of the things I am 100% confident in. Happy birthday, Nick, we love you. xo
I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring an I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring and whether it’s somewhere we’ve been before or somewhere new, there’s so much to see and do right here in our own backyard. We spent Sunday afternoon back at the Orchard View Lavender Farm in Port Murray. Such a beautiful tranquil spot, you can easily lose yourself there for hours amongst the heavenly scent of lavender and the sweet butterflies. ✨

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