no January blues over here. celebrations carried over past the first to kick start 2014 with more birthdays, MD and mine first anniversary and ending with my birthday before the year was officially on its way. it was another week long do beginning with an unusual civilised dinner with the girls and ending with a fantastic weekend in Paris to finish it off.
my gorgeous and very talented friends made me the most beautiful and de.li.cious cake ever. there is no escaping future birthdays for them. but before we gorged on cake, we noshed on my favorite guac, pita chips, and mango salsa (costco favorites anyone?!) it's a basic combination but most importantly easy to put together before your guests arrive.
pita chips: cut up pita bread in desired size triangles and then open the triangles and cut them. I like them crispy and this gets them thin enough; if you desire them thicker and toasted then just cut the pita into triangles. toss with olive oil, s&p and pop into the oven at 200C/400F for about 8 minutes, but they do need to be watched depending on the variety of sizes! once they've cooled down, arrange to the side of the guac and watch them go :)
guacamole
there's only one way to eat this and it's fresh- none of that packaged tube junk. as long as the avos are ripe it's all good. cut the avo in half, grid it by making cuts vertically and horizontally then scoop it out. add chopped tomatoes, red onions, cilantro (as little or much as you like but don't omit it) then squeeze a lime and season with salt.
dip, eat, repeat.
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