I don’t know about anyone else, but I tend to get over enthusiastic about avocados. I tend to get them under ripe so they sit on my windowsill and the next thing I know, they’re overripe and need to be used NOW!

I can only eat so much avocado chocolate pudding before I need to have something else – so this is perfect!

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 avocado, ripe and pitted
• 1 small garlic clove, peeled
• 2 T fresh lemon juice
• zest from lemon
• 1 T olive oil
• 1/4 cup fresh basil or cilantro leaves
• Sea salt and pepper, to taste
• 3 cups pasta of choice

Directions:

• Put on a large pot of water and bring to a boil.
• Combine all ingredients except pasta into a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Make pasta as directed and drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
• While pasta is draining, add pasta sauce to the pot and put over low heat to warm it up. If sauce is too thick, add pasta water a little at a time until it is at desired thickness.
• Add drained pasta to warmed pasta sauce and toss to coat.
• Divide between two bowls and serve warm.