Hasspitality For The Holidays:

New York , New York: December 2005 - Hass Avocados from Mexico can be used to prepare easy, quick, delicious and healthful dips ideal for holiday entertaining. As the holidays approach, people's thoughts turn toward celebrating with family and entertaining with friends - time for Hass-pitality for the holidays made easy and delicious with Hass Avocados from Mexico. Food, and party dips in particular are at the center of any festive gathering. Smooth and creamy Hass Avocados are perfectly suited for simple-yet-innovative and popular holiday dips and hors d'oeuvres sure to guests clamoring for more. Dips made with Hass Avocados are not only flavorful and festive, but quick and easy, leaving more time for entertaining and sharing with friends and family. It's no wonder that Hass Avocados are, a favorite of chefs, hosts and food lovers everywhere, and are used in such a wide variety of dishes and cuisines the world-over.

Beyond Guacamole Dip Tip - Favorite Flavors Unite To Party
Avocado based snacks have replaced the once ubiquitous Onion-Dip as the staple "Must Have" party food, and it isn't just Guacamole any more. Taking it "Beyond Guacamole" can be easy, fun and delicious. Celebrity Chef Scott Campbell of SQC Restaurant in New York City shares some tips on how to take simple ingredients and create sure-fire holiday dips. "It's funny, but inevitably whenever we put out the Hass Avocado dips at the restaurant, or at home - it seems the party begins," notes Chef Campbell. Sharing food and beverages with friends and family is at the heart of almost every celebration, and since dips are shared dishes they are the quintessential party food. Hass Avocados from Mexico - the popular fruit favored by top chefs - helps take holiday dips to new culinary heights, quickly and easily!

Take a few ingredients from two of the most popular foods in America - the B.L.T (the number one sandwich in America) and Guacamole (the "star" of Super bowl Sunday, the # 1 at-home-party of the year) and Onion Dip - combine three of the key ingredients for a hearty, winning new dip, the Mexican Hass Avocado Bacon Green Onion Dip.

"Hass Avocado from Mexico Bacon Green Onion Dip
SERVES 4
2 Hass Avocados from Mexico
2 teaspoons Green Onions (scallions) sliced very very thinly
1-2 teaspoons bacon sliced very very thinly
1-2 teaspoons chili paste
to taste Salt
to taste Pepper


Heat bacon in a small sauce pot until it becomes very crispy, drain off fat and place on a paper towel to absorb extra fat. Cut the avocados in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Scoop out the avocado meat and process in a food processor or blender. Add chili paste, salt and pepper, blend in well. Remove from processor bowl and place in a mixing bowl, add in green onions and bacon (reserve some of the bacon). Serve immediately and sprinkle reserved bacon on avocado dip as a garnish.


Sinfully Delicious and Surprisingly Easy Dip Tip
For a more elegant holiday gathering, hosts can serve a surprisingly simple yet sophisticated dip that is just as easy as one-two-three, literally, with ingredients that are as easy to use as they are to find in any local supermarket. With some chunks of Lobster (good canned Lobster is easily found and will do just as well as fresh when in a pinch), Mayo, hot sauce, lemon, and just a few others - all readily available in any grocery store, one can cook up a devil of a party.
"Hass Avocado Lobster Diablo Dip"
Serves 4

2 Hass Avocados from Mexico
4 ounces cooked lobster meat coarsely chopped
1-2 ounces mayonnaise
1-2 teaspoons hot sauce
1-2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
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