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For awhile now I’ve been wanting to have a big get-together at my place. When the Hass Avocado Board announced they were looking for bloggers to host parties featuring avocados, it felt like fate. Avocados are one of my favorite foods. I eat guacamole every single day. My friends even know make extra guacamole when I come over so that there will be some left over for others to enjoy. 24 feels like a fun and random birthday, so I figured why not have a fun and random birthday party?!
Hence the Avocado-rrific theme. Friends were instructed to come hungry. Josh and I would be making a ton of food, and all of it would contain avocados. I was excited to show my friends how versatile avocados are!
I naturally used this as an excuse to buy everything green. 😀 Thank you Target craft section.
We started off with avocado blueberry muffins (so yummy!) and a strawberry avocado spinach salad with creamy poppy seed dressing. The dressing stole the show and was the perfect topping for the salad. When cooking avocados are a great replacement for saturated fats. Did you know over 75% of the fat in avocados is unsaturated?
We were also serving avo-ritas. I was surprised at how well tequila and avocados go together. This wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but my friends who liked it described it as surprisingly delicious, and mentioned that it packs quite a punch.
For our dinner portion of the evening we had a make your own taco bar complete with chicken, onions, peppers, black beans, cheese, and fresh-made guacamole.
Our guests obviously came hungry! 😀 I loved all the food and getting to see my friends enjoying avocado as much as I do.
We were also serving avocado-banana smoothies that were super yummy. Just like with the muffins, you couldn’t taste the avocados. They just added a creaminess to the recipe, and a dose of healthy fats! Avocados are naturally good fats, with only 50 calories per 1 oz serving. They’re also cholesterol and sodium-free with less than 1 gram of sugar per 1 oz serving.
A BIG thanks to Joanna for taking all these photos. Josh and I were running around cooking and serving for most of the night. By the time I was able to pick up a camera, all the food was gone!
Dessert was a vegan avocado chocolate cake with avocado buttercream frosting. I’m not a chocolate cake fan, but really wanted to stay true to the theme and incorporate avocado into the cake. It looked pretty and my guests enjoyed it. That’s what I cared about. I can enjoy yellow confetti cake next year. 😀
Plus, I’ll eat anything when prepared and served by this amazing guy. This was the fifth birthday I have celebrated with him. He’s what I spent 20 birthdays wishing for.
My heart was so full on my birthday. I was surrounded by amazing friends enjoying good food and hilarious conversation. It was exactly how I wanted to spend the day and the perfect way to ring in 24. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for me this year! 😀
Questions of the Day: If you threw a food party around one ingredient what would it be? Are you an avocado fan? Which one of these dishes would you most like to try? How did you ring in your last birthday?
I want to thrown an avocado party!!! Sounds so so so fun! I would have devoured all the food- it looks amazing! So glad you had a wonderful birthday- you deserve it!! xoxox
Aww thanks so much Andrea! I wish we lived closer so we could get together and eat delicious avocado food! 😀
How cute is your party — and happy birthday by the way! An avocado birthday party, I really can’t think of anything more awesome!
I LOVE THE CADO and yet?
you lost me at the fact you are only 24 🙂
I get that a lot! haha
I was worried everyone would think it was dorky but everyone seemed to love it! And I’m a big dork anyways so my friends already know that about me! haha
Happy you had a great birthday! Love avocado. Yes. Most definitely 🙂
It was such a great birthday! Thanks so much!
All of the decorations and the food look SO good!!! I’m sad I missed it 🙁
We’ll have to have another food party when you can make it! 😀
Oh definitely!! I like food! 😉
Are those blueberry avocado muffins I see? Oh, those are my absolute favorite!
They were so yummy! They had a cinnamon sugar drizzle on top!
Happy belated!! Looks like it was fabulous!! Love the avocado theme 🙂
Thanks Alysia! I had so much fun!
Sounds like such a fun party with creative food! Happy Belated Birthday!
Thanks Sara! It was a blast!
So sweet! Looks like a really fun party!! And yummy!!
It was so much fun! And my taste buds were very happy! haha
I love the target stuff and I totally need an avocado party!
Do it! It’s a lot of fun! 😀
now that is a PHAT party! haha , see, fat.. like PHAT. Happy belated
Ahh I love what you did there!! haha
Sound and looks like you had a great party.
Thanks Amy! It was a lot of fun!
OMG super adorable and delish! I LOVE avocado! MMMMM
Avocado is my favorite!
Happy birthday! It looks like a great time!
I love guacamole. Unfortunately, I’m allergic to avocado. 🙁
Oh no! Thankfully there’s lots of other delicious things in the world! 🙂
I had so much fun at your birthday party!! Thank you for inviting me! The food was AMAZING! (Those blueberry muffins were ridiculously delicious!) I loved how you stuck to the theme. It was a great party!! Here’s hoping your 24th year is especially wonderful!! <3
I’m so glad you had fun! Thanks so much for coming!! And for the super sweet gifts!
OMG! I love the decorations! And the disclaimer on your disclaimer! I love sliced avocados and guacamole. I never have any left to try any other way! Happy birthday!
Avocado is the best!!
what a fun party theme!! i need to be more creative with my avos:)
Thanks Clare! It was a lot of fun! 😀
How fun and yummy 🙂 Love avocados and can see myself enjoying a party like this! Visiting you from Joanna’s blog Makingmine.