^I know, at first glance that it doesn't seem appealing but it's actually pretty good. Living in So Cal, I'm fortunate enough to have an avocado tree in the front yard. Did you know that it takes pretty much a year to mature from flower to avocado? <-- main reason why avocados are so $$. Our family likes to eat buckwheat noodles when we can to avoid the over-processed nutrient-deficient white noodles... (We still have those noodles in the cupboard though) In the summer we usually make a quick noodle salad with greens & other veggies plus the noodles tossed in a homemade soy vinaigrette but a friend of my mom's turned her on to a new way of preparing a buckwheat noodle dish a few years ago and we haven't looked back since. My mom was looking for more ways to incorporate avocado into our meals since it's a shame to put the fruits of the tree to waste - I tried to convince her that chips & guacamole was a suitable lunch but she shook her head furiously in protest.
Recipe? People ask me for recipes all the time but I really don't use them. I search for recipes to get ideas but I don't follow them at all; it's more for reference or inspiration than anything. My mom sticks to the 1:1 ratio - 1 avocado per person. In a large bowl, scoop out the avocado flesh, a few healthy dollops of gochujang (Korean red pepper paste) & a drizzle of sesame oil & then mix to combine w/ a fork (mash the avocado). You pretty much mix it until it looks like something unappetizing (but looks are deceiving! Trust me, it really IS good.) Serve it up & use your chopsticks to mix up your noodles & avocado paste into something relatively "homogenous". It's pretty good if you shred some dried seasoned seaweed over it too.
hey, don't judge a book by it's cover... it's pretty good!
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