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It wasn’t until about two years ago that I decided to be brave enough and try avocados. Since then, I’ve been hooked.  My daughter also loves avocados and most of the time we eat them as a snack, sliced with just a sprinkle of Tony Chachere Original Seasoning.  

Oh my goodness, absolutely delicious.

What most people don’t know is, avocado is a fruit that is packed with vitamins and nutrients that are essential for child development and growth.  This creamy green fruit is loaded with potassium, fiber, folate and vitamins B, C and E.

Avocados from Mexico is currently hosting the Mini Chef Video Contest for parents of children ages 5 through 15.  To enter, all you need to do is create a one to three minute video of your child preparing a kid-friendly avocado dish.  When you are making the video be sure to have your child include why they love avocados and the little jingle that can be found on the website.

Videos will be judged on the Mini Chef’s personality and the appearance of avocados in the video. The grand prize winner will walk away with $1,000 plus a HD camcorder, a Nintendo 3D with two games and a personalized Mini Chef jacket.  There will also be nine runner ups who will also win a HD camcorder, Nintendo 3D and personalized Mini Chef jacket.

That’s a LOT of winners!

Make sure to get your video in by December 4th.  The ten finalists will be chosen by December 6th and public voting will take place on YouTube until December 11th.  The video with the most likes on December 12th wins!

Given that I was going to be telling you about this avocado contest, I had the hubby stop at the store and pick up some avocados so we had a quick and easy, kid-friendly pasta dish with avocados!

Bacon Avocado Pasta

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Bacon, avocado and pasta -- it doesn't get better than that!

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Ingredients

• 1 box (16oz) pasta (I used Bowtie)
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 avocado
• 1 tsp garlic salt with parsley ( I used Lawry's)
• 1 can (2.25oz) sliced black olives
• 10 slices bacon, crumbled
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Prepare pasta according to directions on package. While pasta is cooking, cut avocado into small chunks. You could also begin cooking the bacon, but I just bought the precooked bacon and toasted it a little in the oven so that it would crumble easily.

Once pasta is al dente, drain and return to pot. Add olive oil, avocado, garlic salt, black olives and bacon and stir until combined well.

Top with parmesan cheese and freshly ground black pepper and serve.

I hope your family enjoys this quick dish just as much as mine did!