Avocado & Black Garlic – SUPERFOOD Combo
Avocado & black garlic is a SUPERFOOD combo, you need to experience. Avo & BG flavours complement each other perfectly in salads and smoothies or on bread, wraps, focaccia, baguette even with your eggs benedict in the morning.
Avocados are a SUPERFOOD everyone loves; prized for their high nutrient value and versatility in fresh food health foods. Rich in vitamins B and K, they also have good content of vitamins C and E. There are more the 15 different varieties of avocado, all species contain higher levels of potassium than bananas. Avocado oil is costly to produce but its nutrient rich, it can be used for cooking, salads or in soaps and cosmetics.
Black garlic, also known as aged garlic is a SUPERFOOD created by fermenting garlic bulbs in an oven for 40 days. A chemical reaction known as a maillard reaction takes place between amino acids and reducing sugars causing the sharp taste and pungent aroma of garlic to be mellowed. The millard reaction is also responsible for black garlic containing double the antioxidants of white garlic.
To further black garlics reputation as a SUPERFOOD. Clinical research indicates daily consumption can reduce levels of bad LDL cholesterol, which is linked to heart disease & strokes. And like avocado it can increasing good HDL cholesterol, making this combo great breakfast food, able to counteract the bad cholesterol found in eggs.
1. Chicken, Avocado and Black Garlic Wrap
Chicken Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 large tomato, chopped coarsely
- 1 medium avocado
- 1 tbsp Black garlic paste
- 100 g red onion, chopped coarsely
- 2 cup cos lettuce, or any veggie you prefer
- 500 g shredded cooked chicken
- 8 large flour tortillas
Instructions
- Combine tomato, avocado, onion, lettuce, black garlic paste and chicken in large bowl.
- Heat one tortilla in microwave about 20 seconds or until just flexible.
- Top tortilla with about an eighth of the chicken filling; roll to enclose filling. Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken filling.
2. Avo & BG Caesar Salad
Chicken Caesar Salad
Ingredients
Salad, you can change or add any veggie you like
- 1 large cos lettuce
- 50 g bagel crisps
- 1 large avocado, sliced thickly
- 20 g black garlic cloves, chopped finely
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 40 g parmesan cheese flakes
Dressing
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 large anchovy fillet, chopped finely
- ¾ cup whole egg mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp finely grated pamesan cheese
Instructions
- Combine dressing ingredients in a bowl
- Combine tom lettuce, broken bagel crisps, avocado and chicken in a large bowl.Serve drizzled with dressing and sprinkled with cheese.
3. Avocado Sandwich
Avocado Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp Black garlic paste
- 2 slices bread
- sliced tasty cheese, or change to what you like
- ½ avocado, sliced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil and crack eggs into a skillet; Flip and cook egg until done. Transfer eggs to a plate and season with salt and pepper.
- Toasted bread and spread butter and Black garlic paste onto 1 side of each bread slice.
- Layer cheese, 1 fried egg, cheese, 1 fried egg, avocado on bread.
→Yes, we have new product – Black Garlic Paste, its odourless & spreadable, you can easily add it into any sauces, dips, dressings, marinades, salsa and aioli. Or just try it with avocado!
4. Avocado and Black Garlic Smoothie
Black Garlic Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 kale leaves
- 1 avocado
- 1.5 cup juice
- 1 green apple
- 1.5 cup water or you prefer milks
- 2 black garlic cloves
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I think I’m addicted to Black Garlic