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Migas are the lovely Texan dish I first enjoyed in Austin at SXSWi. Here’s my quick and dirty rendition. This can easily be made vegetarian and gluten-free. This recipe is for one. Double or triple as necessary.

Recipe

2 eggs
1 tbl. of milk or water
2 corn tortillas
1/4 cup of salsa I prefer Herdez Salsa Casera for its freshness.

Extras
Add on any of these for extra deliciousness
chopped flat leaf parsley
black olives
grated cheddar
sour cream
bacon
sauteed zucchini
caramelized onion
peppers

Heat some butter, oil, or *ahem* bacon fat in a skillet. Tear up the tortillas into roughly 1 inch pieces and fry until crunchy. Scramble the eggs together with the milk and add to the pan. Stir until cooked through. Turn out onto plate and garnish with toppings to your taste.

Here’s a magical 10 minute wonder. If you have enough cooking skills to make a sandwich, you can make this light meal in no time. I recently discovered this wonderful thing called fromage fort at New Seasons. It’s a blend of cow, sheep, and goat milk cheeses with wine and herbs. How could this be less than unbelievable? I predict that this will never be missing from my refrigerator. A bowl of soup, perhaps a nice premade squash soup from Imagine Foods, would turn this into a more substantial dinner.

Components

fromage fort
good bread - French or whatever you like
perfectly ripe pear, sliced
extra bonus points
salad greens w/ dressing of oil and vinegar
** balsamic or sherry wine would be perfect
walnuts
white wine - pinot grigio or prosecco

Vietnamese Avocado Smoothie

You either think this sounds like the weirdest thing you’ve ever heard of or you’re saying to yourself, “mmm!” I hope to make you all in the second category by the end of this post. This avocado smoothie is such a calorie bomb, you can have it as a breakfast or light meal all by itself. I think I could live on these things alone!

In Vietnamese cooking, avocados and evaporated condensed milk are a very common flavor combination. I know we don’t usually think of it in that context, but the condensed milk accentuates the avocado’s lovely green flavor without covering it up with sweetness. Enough with waxing poetic… on to business.

Recipe

1 perfectly ripe avocado
1/2 can evaporated condensed milk, a.k.a. Eagle Brand milk
tiny pinch of salt
approx. 3/4 cup of milk (soy, rice, cow, goat… whatever does it for ya’)

Whir everything up together in a blender or food processor. Use enough milk to make it pourable. Drink. Oooh and aaaahh. This will make 1 to 1 1/2 tall glasses, depending on the size of the avocado. It will keep, covered, in the fridge for at least two days.