baked avocado and egg with tomato and mushroom

     Sometimes you envision a perfect dish - picture worthy, pinterest worthy...just beautiful. And you can achieve that...sometimes. Other times it's a massive flop. But OTHER times (and I think these are my favorite times) you don't achieve the original vision, however you do create something amazing! That is exactly what happened here.

     I pictured a perfectly cooked baked egg on top of my avocado. And if I had emptied out the avocado shell a little more I probably would have gotten that. But I didn't want to waste any of the avocado goodness, so I filled the shell. And when I put my egg on top it didn't necessarily stay where I wanted it to.

a little spot for the egg (say hi to our cat, han solo!)

that yolk though. perfection.

     As I cracked the egg over the avocado the yolk caught in the little crevice I made but the white flopped right over onto the baking sheet. My initial thought was, "well, so much for that idea," but I decided to bake it anyway. After all - I was hungry and I didn't want to waste food! So I baked it and the yolk stayed soft while the white cooked around the avocado. And I realized this apparent catastrophe was actually a happy accident.

     If you make this, I say give my accidental way a shot. But if you want to aim for that picture perfect dish, maybe scoop out some of the avocado mixture to go below the rim of the shell so it doesn't all pour over.

Baked Avocado and Egg with Tomato and Mushrooms
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 6-8 minutes
Servings: 1 person


You Will Need:

• 1/2 avocado, plus the shell
• 1 TBS diced mushroom
• 1 TBS diced tomato
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 large egg
• hot sauce, optional

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. To avoid sticking, spray the foil (optional).
2. Remove any bruised spots from the avocado, and if that isn't more than a spoonful of avocado then remove a spoonful (eat it!). 
3. In a small bowl, scoop the avocado out of the shell and mash. Add mushrooms, tomato, garlic powder, and salt and stir to combine.
4. Spoon the avocado mixture back into the shell. Create a crevice in the middle (see picture above) to catch the egg yolk in.
5. Place the filled avocado shell on the baking sheet. Crack the egg open right over the avocado so that the yolk catches in the crevice and the white pours over around the shell. Any amount of white that stays on the avocado is totally fine.
6. Bake for 6-8 minutes, depending on how long it takes for the white to cook through.
7. Once done and on a plate, drizzle with hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot, preferably!)(optional). Enjoy!

What was your last "catastrophe" turned "happy accident" dish?