50 uses for a garlic press...

Or really, just two. I bet you can guest the first use... pressing garlic! The second use isn't quite as logical unless your logic is like mine: there's a story here, obvi. When I was smashing up the avocado Sunday night for round 1 of avocado-snow pea-radish etc. sandwich, it wasn't as ripe as I would like... Sunday grocery store food isn't top quality - it's left over... picked over... bottom of the barrel. SO, my avocados weren't in top quality. Speaking of - is it normal for the second avocado I bought to be turning a reddish color? I'm frightened and am not sure I can handle what's inside.

(too scary to post a photo of this!)

Anyway, the 3/4 of an avocado left over after the first making of the recipe kept very nicely in the fridge in gladware. I swear by that stuff - and I just invested in press-n-seal a few months ago... where has it been all my life? Incredible. Back to the garlic press story: I was searching around my kitchen for a "good smusher" - better than a fork. The slightly hard avocado slipped around Sunday and I was displeased with the ease of my smushing experience in that, well, it wasn't easy. I open a catch-all gadget drawer that I am yet to truly organize (hey, I only moved in August 2nd...) and I saw it --> THE GARLIC PRESS! I thought, "hey, it smushes garlic; I bet it can smush avocado quite nicely." As cousin Eddie would say - BINGO! Any Christmas Vacation fans out there? I apologize for the digression - pretty sure I have undiagnosed adult ADD. So convinced that I am seriously considering talking to the special ed coordinator at my school about testing for adults. Again, back to my story... (hey - is that something shiny?)


The avocado smushed so well that I decided to use the rest of it for tomorrow's sandy. Hold on, reverse that. I decided before smushing, but I just lucked out with my newfound technique. This time I nixed the onions (ogre breath!) and added sprouts. People seem to have mixed feelings on sprouts, but they make my sandwiches at Jimmy John's (try the Turkey Tom to be plan or the Club Lulu if you love bacon and avocado like me!) sublime.

So, here's the sandwich (from top to bottom for all you visual folks):

• wheat bread -- going with fancier bread next week i hope
• brocco sprouts (best non-manager's special buy this week)
• 10 snow peas

• random placement of goat cheese
• 2 sliced radishes

Native Georgians should get this: You know the Monster Plantation ride at Six Flags? Or for those outside of GA, how about the Norway ride in Epcot at Disney World? To me, that's how radishes taste... crisp with a hint of must and pepper.

• 3/4 avocado, garlic-press style
• wheat bread

While I was at it, I remember this adorable lunch caddy I bought at the Container Store (<3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz2hapTOcYk4Y3O3RMVM9lIsaGhyphenhyphenDZpSIWqGZgzBqLmnLTtLcWe77uvEuIHeAEn0P_Xhmg5T3Xl6HD3PUldo08t0gooRmpQ77NJa-NZptCgErRLwSBYLIS9kKGXbF10t2HgCyuTxlRg/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG">



Can't wait to report back.