MReichle

I didnt' read the whole thread in detail, so these may have already been mentioned. My wife makes a shrimp coctail with a sauce of coctail sauce, chopped avocado, chopped celery and some horseradish. Her mom doesn't like the shrimp, so the sauce goes on a cracker. Another variation of avocado on toast is butter, avocado, salt and pepper.

A chocolate ganache tart. I found a mac nut crust recipe on gourmetsleuth. For the ganache, I added some ground coffee to the cream while it was heating and strained it into the chopped chocolate. The crust was very crumbly (either overprocessed or underbaked?) but very tasty. The filling was intense. My wife thought a little too bitter for her tastes. Overall, a hit. This is my first post. I really enjoy the forums. Michael