| Ingredients: | | | | increase tanginess if you like. |
| 1 16 oz. package organic fettucine noodles | | | | When smaller saucepan of water boils, add asparagus |
| 1 pound fresh organic asparagus (try to obtain local, | | | | and cook for only two minutes--no longer! The water |
| farm fresh!) | | | | may not return to a boil, which is just fine. You want |
| 2 organic red peppers | | | | the asparagus to be quite firm. Drain asparagus, then |
| 2 organic avocados | | | | place back in saucepan and cover to keep warm. |
| One half organic onion | | | | Cook fettucine in large pot of water until it's al dente; |
| One quarter cup organic olive oil | | | | in other words, until it's just done and still firm--not |
| One half cup organic balsamic vinegar | | | | overcooked and mushy. Pasta is healthier if it's not |
| Fresh ground salt and pepper to taste | | | | overcooked. |
| Bring one large pot of water and one smaller | | | | Drain pasta, then place in large bowl. Add vinaigrette |
| saucepan of water to a boil. Meanwhile, chop | | | | to noodles and mix until noodles are thoroughly |
| asparagus into one-inch chunks. Dice peppers and | | | | coated. Whip up more vinaigrette to add if you like. |
| avocados. To dice the avocado, carefully cut around | | | | Add asparagus, peppers, avocado and onion. Fold |
| the entire circumference with a knife. Twist the two | | | | mixture until vegetables are evenly distributed |
| halves in opposite directions until they come apart. | | | | throughout the pasta. |
| Squeeze the half holding the pit until the pit pops out. | | | | If you want a little protein to accompany this dish, |
| (If you rinse the pit off, it makes a silly temporary | | | | serve it with a light-colored organic or local semi-hard |
| cat toy.) Use a knife to cut long parallel lines into the | | | | cheese on the side, such as raclette. This dish also |
| avocado, then cut lines perpendicular to those. Use a | | | | pairs nicely with white wine. It easily serves six. |
| spoon to pop the cubes out of the skin. Slice onion | | | | This dish is addictive, so there won't be any |
| very thinly, then cut each thin slab in half and | | | | leftovers--which is a good thing, because the |
| separate layers to create slivers. Whip oil and vinegar | | | | avocados won't keep anyway! |
| together in a smaller bowl; adjust ratio of vinegar to | | | | |