Experience Nutrition: Farm-to-Table Spring Avocado Tartare

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By Melanie Albert, Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition, Intuitive Cooking Expert, and Award-Winning Cookbook Author

I love avocados, and often when I buy several at a time I love making Avocado Tartare with the avocados and local Arizona farmers’ produce and fresh herbs. As part of my mindfulness in cooking, I love having fun creativity plating the dishes differently every time I make Avocado Tartare.

I invite you to use the ingredients in the recipe as a guide and then have fun creating your own Avocado Tartare with your local farmers produce.

A few key base ingredients include: a ripe avocado, citrus such as lemon or lime, a few fresh herbs like basil or oregano, a pinch of sea salt to balance the acid of the citrus and fat of the avocado.

Avocado Tartare Recipe

Serves 1

Simple Ingredients

1 ripe avocado
6-8 Romanesco florets (Blue Sky Organic Farm)
6-8 Purple cauliflower florets (Blue Sky Organic Farm)
3-4 Carrots, rough chopped (Blue Sky Organic Farm, Steadfast Farm)
3 orange lunchbox sweet peppers, rough chopped
5-6 chrysanthemum leaves (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
3-5 stems fresh oregano (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
1 fresh lime, juiced
¼ tsp capers
2 tbsp Kalamata olives
Pinch sea salt
Day 2: 6-8 Purple Snap Peas (Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain)
Garnish: 1 small bunch baby spinach, edible flowers, fresh oregano, dehydrated tomatoes (Day 2)

A-avocado-v1-IMG_1114 — Avocado Tartare: Farm-to-Table Ingredients

Simple Steps

Chop all veggies.

Place all ingredients, except garnish, in a bowl.

A-avocado-v1-IMG_1117 — Avocado Tartare: Ready to Gently Mix all the Veggies

Gently mix with a fork.
Add additional sea salt or lime, to suit your taste.
Plate, using a ring mold, if desired.
Garnish with edible flowers, fresh herbs, dehydrated tomatoes, fresh baby spinach.