My mom says avocado is nature’s butter and I agree with that statement. Back home we ate them almost with every meal every day. Avocadoes are not only delicious, but also nutritious. According to The World’s Healthiest Foods, eating avocadoes abundantly help to decrease bad cholesterol and increase the good kind, and that is just one of the many benefits of including them in your diet.
That’s why after making these avocado cornmeal muffins I decided to send the recipe to the fundraiser my friends Ivy, Val and Giz are organizing. What is this about and how can you help? Those three amazing women started a social network called BloggerAid several months ago to bring bloggers together in the alleviation of hunger. Through several means they raise funds for organizations that fight hunger around the world.
Their biggest fundraiser and most ambitious project to date is the launch of a cookbook. This cookbook is scheduled to be sold in amazon.com later this year and the funds raised from the book will be directed to The World Food Program, a UN agency. But they need our help. There is a big deal of work involved in delivering this project. That’s why they have called everybody out there to help in different aspects of the project. The first task is to get the recipes that will go in the book. This is the part where anybody can participate.
If you have a recipe that you haven’t published on your blog (or anywhere else) you can send it to them to be included in the book. To learn more about this project and how you can help, please visit the official annoucement on the BloggerAid social network. I am sure we all can help one way or the other.
¡Buen provecho!
35 Replies
This recipe is perfect Ben and the photo superb. Thank you so much for your contribution. We hope to receive over 100 entries and make this a professional cookbook to be proud to display!!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
The colors are so pretty. What a delicious way to get your avo in.
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Well done my friend; what a beautiful contribution to a great cause. We dont get avacados here, & certainly miss yum stuff like this! Beautiful picture too Ben! I hope it shares our baking powder strength…LOL!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I really like the sound of baking with avocado!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
What a wonderful combination of colours and flavour! A great contribution to the project.
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Oooh, I love corn… and I love my avocados in “sweet” applications. This marries the two!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Love the color!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I’m so glad you’re joining the group as well. I can’t wait to get the book.
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I agree with your mother about the butter thing. In fact I have a butter avo tree in my back yard!! I think it is time for avo muffins, don’t you?
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 12:46 am
I love avocados and this is the first time I’ve ever seen them in muffin form, let alone with corn meal. What a unique recipe!
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 4:01 am
Wow Ben, this is so unique. I’m very curous about how you did fat substitutions in this recipe to get a good balance. Great entry – thank you.
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Wow Ben… what a great and beautiful entry for the cookbook!!!! I can’t wait to see it at Amazon’s shelves ;D
I love the green of your muffins… so delicate! I’m sure I could eat a handful in no time
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Oh I just have an avocado sitting at home, your muffins look so tempting. I need to have a look and learn more about BloggerAid.
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am
They turned out such a pretty color
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 9:52 am
What a fantastic recipe – I love avocado and could eat it daily too. Also, the project sounds really interesting & I’m going to have a peek right now!
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 11:17 am
They’ve turned out great, I love the colour!
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Wow Ben!! Buttery avocados make sense using them in muffins. You are so creative and can’t wait to get the cookbook and see all the lovely creations. “Donating a recipe costs nothing and may feed a few people”. This will be my motto from now on.
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
your muffins sound delicious! where can i get the recipe??
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Ooooh, these are such a tantalizing green! I love avocado — I’m wondering if these muffins are more sweet or savory?
Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
These look and sound delicious. What a wonderful idea! Avocados and corn are a terrific pairing ~ nice job!
Posted on February 5th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Oh they look great – I love avocados!
Posted on February 5th, 2009 at 11:42 am
What a great idea to use avocado. They look delish.
Posted on February 5th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
[...] I came across to Ben’s avocado corn muffins of What’s Cooking? It has triggered me to click the links in his post to find out more [...]
Posted on February 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am
never tried baking with avocado… thanks for this creation…
Posted on February 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
The subtle green color looks so inviting. I would never have guessed it was from avocado… Great idea!
Posted on February 7th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Love avocados, and those muffins sure rose.
Posted on February 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
ay que rico… you know i just loooove avocados! what a neat idea. i’ll be trying this. and thanks for reminding i need to email one of the girls re: bloggeraid.
Posted on February 15th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I used to hate avocado when I was still in Indonesia, and avocado was plentiful…now that it’s harder to get and more expensive here…naturally, sadddddly…I love avocado on everything T_T
avocado muffins = brilliant idea!
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I love that pale green Ben!
Posted on March 1st, 2009 at 11:14 am
Avocados at every meal?? I’d love that. These muffins look really good!
Posted on March 12th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Wow! Those muffins look gorgeous , Ben. Great contribution
Posted on March 16th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Looks nice, really wanna try this, how to get this recipes?
Posted on March 19th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
[...] I came across to Ben’s avocado corn muffins of What’s Cooking? It has triggered me to click the links in his post to find out more [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am
where can i find the recipe for these muffins?
Posted on September 19th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
The recipe will be published in the cookbook by the end of this year. I will post more information as I receive it. Thanks!
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
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