You guys. I’ve got a big exciting surprise for ya today! I made you a very special, extra cheesy, tomatillo salsa loaded poutine. I know. It’s decadent.
I know poutine is typically made with gravy and all that jazz, but I live in LA and there are still tomatillos at my farmers market! So I wanted to give this comforting dish a new spin. So I went ahead and fried up some french fries and then melted some cheese on top and topped it all off with a tomatillo avocado salsa sprinkled with chopped red onion and bacon.
I don’t know about you, but this just screams football food to me!
So let’s talk about this blender for a hot second.
Have you guys ever used a Blendtec? It’s kinda a dream come true. It’s super powerful and it made this tomatillo avocado salsa in literally 16 seconds flat. I timed it. And I did NO prep work. Like I didn’t chop up any of the veggies really, and just threw everything into the blender and let it go to work. Brilliance. 16 seconds later I was ready to go!
If I had to go do my wedding registry all over again, this would be at the top of my list! I can’t even being to tell you how fast it makes my smoothies in the morning. Can you imagine how quickly it would make a blended margarita come spring time when it’s time to lay out by the pool. It’s going to be a whole new world 🙂
Cheesy Avocado Bacon Poutine + Blendtec Giveaway
Ingredients
For the tomatillo salsa
- 1 avocado seed and skin removed
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 jalapeno seeds removed
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 1/4 cup white onion diced
- 6 medium Tomatillos roasted
- salt and pepper to taste
For the poutine
- 1 lb french fries
- 6 pieces bacon cooked and chopped
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped red onions
Instructions
For the tomatillo salsa
- Combine all the ingredients in the blender and blend for about 20 seconds until smooth. If the salsa is too thick, add a few tablespoons of water and blend. Adjust salt and pepper as needed and reserve.
For the poutine
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the fried or baked french fries on a oven proof platter.
- Scatter the cheese on top of the platter and place it into the oven for 5 minutes until the cheese melts. Remove the platter from the oven.
- Scatter the chopped bacon, red onions and salsa over the fries and serve immediately.
i love to make banana ice cream
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Oooh I love giveaways!! I also looooove making green smoothies in my blender!
Right now I hate to make any frozen drinks because they end up chunky and the blender starts to smell, but that is to be expected from the $20 Target blender special that I own. It is capable (usually) of doing very small amounts of soups…like Butternut Squash soup which is my favorite.
I would LOVE to win this! my current blender hardly blends a thing. I’m constantly making smoothies and soups and would love to have a blender that actually works!
already following both you and Blendtec on twitter
and already like you both on facebook
can you tell I want this blender?? haha, lastly… retweeted your giveaway!
I’d love to win the blender to try making avocado smoothies. Currently don’t have a blender, but avocados are my favorite so I’ve been dying to try! Tweeting next!
I love to make fresh salsas – they are so much better than the store bought kind & easy to make.
Smoothies…. although I am limited to what my current blender can blend as it is just about worn out. thanks!
I love making strawberry and mango smoothies. They are quite fantastic.
I love to make smoothies in my blender. But it is a bit past it’s prime so it takes quite a while to do so, and is generally a pain
Margaritas are definitely my favorite blender beverage – and they will be so much easier to make (and more delicious) with a Blendtec!
Following you and Blendtec on Twitter 🙂
Retweeted the giveaway! @ijackiedai
I follow you both on twitter.
Smoothies!!!
I love making smoothies in my blender, but applesauce comes in a close second!
Smoothies!
I love to make smoothies.
I am following both on FB
i follow you on twitter
i follow you on facebook
i mostly make smoothies, but also hummus, salad dressing, drinks. i don’t have a real blender, only a mini one, so this WOULD change my life!
I love green smoothies… I’d also l love to make “ice cream” out of frozen bananas, but my poor blender isn’t nearly powerful enough. 🙂
I love making smoothies. My current blender, well, blows, so this would be so great!
I LOVE to make smoothies!!! There is nothing like a healthy smoothie for breakfast or for a treat!!
I love making smoothies but I can never get them as smooth as I want in my kitchen aid blender!
Margaritas !!! Party time
Followed you on twitter!!!
Liked you on Facebook!!!
I’d love to be able to make smoother soups! My food processor doesn’t get the job done. I love making smoothies and sauces in blenders as well. YUM!
Following you on twitter 🙂
I like to make hummus and soups!!
I love to make green smoothies in the blender!
I love smoothies! I make them everyday (that it’s hot) and my husband and I go on walks together while we drink down our veggies. By the time summer dies down we lose the drive to make smoothies… it just takes so long! We want a blendtec so bad, but they’re just a little pricey for us right now. I would love to be able to make soups, smoothies, purees of all types, and just so many other things so quickly. Great giveaway!
I like you on FB (and in real/internet life). I also like Blendtec on FB!
Oh, and can I just say, as a Canadian living in the USofA that this is such a beautiful thing to do to poutine. Seriously, it’s beautiful.
My fav thing has to be making big batches of roasted red pepper hummus!
Soup! Or smoothies!
Pureed soup and smoothies – so many things! I could really use this blender.
I follow you and Blendtec on Facebook.
I love making smoothies with greens! I bet this baby would handle that reeeeally well! Nom.
I follow you both on Twitter! @maryweise
I like you both on Facebook!
I’ve been making my own baby food. This would make my task a breeze.
That poutine is dead sexy.
Also, I currently do not have a blender and miss making one of my favorite desserts, pots de creme.
PS: followed on twitter!