This is a special time of year, don’t you think?
Let’s look at the facts:
1. It’s cold outside. Which means you want to stay inside. And probably eat a little more than usual.
2. There are a lot of entertaining things to watch on the TV these days, while you’re stuck inside. Sporting things. Like that big game coming up that’s so super.
3. When you’re inside, watching super games, eating a little more than usual, it’s much more fun to be sitting on the couch with friends. Eating. Watching. Enjoying. Rather than cooking. Working. And hearing all of the fun being had in the next room.
What does all of this mean? Just one thing: it’s time for some simple, super, social snacks that can be enjoyed by friends on couches in front of TVs across the land.
Towering avocado tostadas to the rescue!
I love serving these tostada towers because they are impossibly simple to prepare, incredibly fun to share with friends, and absolutely, absolutely delicious. Plop a platter in front of your couch-sitting friends and watch them disappear – each friend simply pulls off a layer and puts it in their face!
Preparing these babies is the simple work of smashing Avocados From Mexico, then stirring in a few additional ingredients designed to make the fresh, ripe flesh shine: plump cherry tomatoes to bring out the avocados’ natural sweetness, herbaceous cilantro and chives to emphasize their earthy flavor, and of course, bright lime juice and jalapeño to kick things up a notch. Crisp tostada shells provide a vehicle for all of that deliciousness, and stacking them up means you can make a game out of your snacks. Tostada Jenga, anyone?
All you need to do is sit back, snag your own tostada, and offer your friends a napkin.
Oh, and take a moment to enter this amazing Game Day Sweepstakes, courtesy of Avocados From Mexico!
That’s right, Avocados from Mexico is offering six (6!) lucky winners the chance to win a prize pack that includes an iPad2, a $100 gift card, a 5-Speed Hand Blender from KitchenAid, a cloth tortilla warmer, lemon/lime squeezer, and tortilla press from IMUSA, and a signed Muy Bueno cookbook.
How’s that for super?
Here are the details:
All entries to Avocado From Mexico’s Game Day Sweepstakes must be submitted through the Avocados From Mexico website. You can enter to win here.
Entries may be submitted on the Avocados From Mexico website through any of the six (6) hosting bloggers, one of which is ScarlettaBakes.com. One (1) winner will be selected from each of the six participating blogs.
Each winner will receive a prize pack that includes the following:
• An iPad2 and a $100 gift card, compliments of Avocados From Mexico;
• 5-Speed KitchenAid® Hand Blender;
• A cloth tortilla warmer, lemon/lime squeezer, and tortilla press from IMUSA;
• A signed Muy Bueno cookbook.
Winners will be announced within 24 hours after the game on Super Bowl Sunday.
This sweepstakes is open for entry from 12:00 a.m. PST, January 14, 2013 to 11:59 p.m. PST, January 20, 2013, and is open to U.S. residents only.
Loaded Guacamole Tostada Towers
7 large avocados, preferably Avocados From Mexico, pitted, peeled
3 tbsp. lime juice, freshly squeezed
1 tbsp. garlic, ground
1/3 c. cilantro, chopped
1/3 c. chives, minced
1 large jalapeno, minced
3/4 c. cherry tomatoes, quartered
10 tostada shells (approximately 5” in diameter)
Special Equipment: While you do not need a molcajete to prepare this guacamole, I like using it just to mash my avocados as I feel that it yields the best consistency in the final product. If you do use a molcajete, I recommend transferring the mashed avocado to a regular bowl before folding in cilantro, chives, jalapeno and tomatoes.
Using your tejolete (the pestle part to a molcajete) or a large fork, mash the avocado flesh to a chunky consistency. Immediately toss the mashed pieces with the lime juice, then stir in the garlic. Fold in the cilantro, chives, jalapeno and tomatoes.
To assemble you towers, spread approximately one third of a cup of the avocado mixture on top of one tostada, repeat, and stack each topped tostada on top of the last. This recipe yields enough avocado mixture to produce 2 towers of 5 topped tostadas – you can stack your tostadas however you choose.
YIELD: approximately 10 topped tostadas
This sponsored post is part of the Avocados From Mexico Game Day Sweepstakes. This is a working partnership with Avocados From Mexico and Muy Bueno Cookbook.
Love avocados! Yum ill have to try it
Yum! Looks like I could take a bite right out of those photos
Delicious!
looks yummy; I’ll definitely be making this
Your pictures look so fresh! You got me hungry now!
Great food site.
Everything made with avocados is scrumptious!
Yum!! Definitely making this!
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Seriously though..!! I just made guacamole two days ago and devoured it with my boyfriend (sadly, no photos I completely forgot). Anyway these look stellar!
I can’t wait to make these! Silly question…..do your. Guests just pull one layer off at a time or do yoy make a full stack for each person?
Not silly at all! I like serving it as a ‘social snack’ so I’ll just set down a few tall, tall towers and people can pull off their own layer and go to town. Another reader made the crazy good suggestion of using round tortilla chips instead of tostadas, though, and that way each person could have their own tower. Should be fun and delicious either way! Thanks for reading!
I love this!! Will make soon!!!
I love healthy snacks and Avacados!!!
Would love to win these great prizes
So yummy! I love Avocados!
LOOKS DELICIOUS
Avocados have always been a family favorite. When my oldest daughter (now 10) was 1 we went to Texas to visit family and she practically lived off of avocados for the 2 weeks we were there, she has been hooked ever since. Needless to say they never go to waste in our house!
I love guacamole!
love…Love… LOve..LOVe…LOVE!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe
I FREAKING LOOOOVVEE guacamole! I’d eat 10 of these stacks.
This is good food that I like.
You had me at loaded and guacamole!
Great healthy snacks… My nutritionist has me eating avocados with Foerster hornedas
(baked)
I love avacados.
A stack of salty delights slathered in buttery avocado? Are you kidding me? Delisioso!
Qué receta tan deliciosa!
nom nom nom!
these look great!
Ummmm!! Que rico tostadas de guacamole!! Me facinan los aguacates , son muy saludables!!
Love this!! and the Guacamole looks amazing!! I love stacking all my food so love what you did here!
So where is the party? Because wherever you are with these things, I will follow. And now that I don’t really care about the outcome of the game since the Packers are out, I can spend my time concentrating on what really matters. As you so aptly say, the FOOD.
PS I’ll just take a bowl of the guac and a spoon please. I mean, nice presentation and all that, but GIVE ME THE GUAC!
This looks freaking amazing. Holy crap. I want to put that tower on my plate and destroy it with my fork and mouth! haha
Oh that looks so yummy. I can’t wait to try it
This is just pure heaven!! I could live on avocados, so this is amazing!
ALL THE GUACAMOLE! Perfect!
Yum, yum, I want some.
I love this so simple and delicious.
My kind of appetizer-yum!
What a fun idea!
i’m pretty sure i’m skipping dinner tonight and just reaching for these.
I could sit on a couch all night long and snack on these babies. Must get a molcajete now.
Whoa mama! These stacks are seriously genius.
These are so simple and delicious! You could make them even more mini by layering with round tortilla chips instead …. Then I could shove the whole thing in my mouth at once for maximum avocado consumption!
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Just a short note to tell you that I made your Green Chili Corn pudding and it was delish. Now another good recipe to try. Thanks.
So glad the corn pudding was a hit – I hope you enjoy this one just as much!
i don’t even watch that much football but i’m still making these for game day. so i can eat them when everyone else’s attention is elsewhere. i’m dangerously obsessed and in love with guac.
Looks and sounds AMAZING
Deliciosa receta con guacamole!. facil y sencilla de hacer. Gracias!
Muy simple y muy, muy delicioso! Gracias por leer!
Yes, this is definitely the time of year for eating more of simple amazing snacks like tostada towers. This is an incredible idea!
Yes please! I will take 4
Omg. This sounds fabulous!!
Great dish, I wish I could have one right now – and I’ve just had lunch.
Sounds awesome.
wow these sounds so good and so simple to make!
these look soooo goood!
I am so making these…super games or not!
P.S. I tried to enter the giveaway with that link and it just brings me to their homepage and after poking around, still can’t really find the right spot. Not that you need to be troubled with this or deal with it but just passing along the info about the link.
Thanks so much for pointing this out, Averie! Minor technical difficulties have been surmounted and the correct link is up – feel free to enter your face off!
This is a great stack! Way better than a stack of pancakes and what a great giveway! Wow!