It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love guacamole. We all hate that Mexican restaurants charge extra for it, but we love the taste! The texture is amazing. And the fruit at the base of it is so healthy. Yes, avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable.
A serving of avocado contains three grams of fiber and 10 percent of your daily folate. It also has 14 percent of your vitamin B5, 10 percent of your vitamin K and six percent of your potassium. It is rich in heart-healthy fat. A serving has five grams of monounsaturated fat and one gram of polyunsaturated fat. They can help your body absorb vitamins without raising your cholesterol.
While avocados are wonderful for health, many of us only eat them as guacamole. To help you branch out, we have four excellent recipes to help you eat more avocado in delicious low-carb ways!
We are always looking for alternatives to potato chips. We adore chips, and finding options with fewer carbs means you enjoy them without worrying about your blood sugar! These chips are simple as you mash the ingredients together and bake them. Baking them means you cut out excess fat from frying! A serving has 104 calories, four grams of carbs, two grams of fiber and eight grams of fat. Get the recipe.
If there is one thing we love more than chips, it’s dips for the chips. Spinach and artichoke dip is always a hit but far from a healthy dish. This version uses avocado to replace several less healthy ingredients while maintaining its creaminess! This will be perfect with your avocado chips. A serving has 173 calories, eight grams of carbs, four grams of fiber and 14.3 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
Everyone makes fun of the millennials for loving avocado toast. But it is a healthy way to start the day or have an indulgent but beneficial lunch. It’s creamy and tasty but packed with nutrients. The problem is that the bread is too high in carbs! You can use a low-carb bread. Or you can do what this recipe does and use a sweet potato instead that ups the vitamin and fiber content. We disagree with the nutritional information on the website because we think their serving size is unreasonable. It says a quarter of a potato is a serving. That doesn’t seem realistic. Half a potato is a meal, so we doubled their numbers. By our calculations, a serving has 286 calories, 10 grams of carbs, six grams of fiber and 28 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
Here’s a dish that is hiding the avocado. We love smoothies. But low-carb smoothies can be icy instead of creamy. Bananas are high in carbs. They can be difficult to fit into a recipe but lend a wonderful creaminess to smoothies. Using an avocado instead of bananas makes a rich, silky smooth, thick drink without the sugar. Avocados don’t have an overpowering flavor; this is a strawberry smoothie, but it’s one with perfect texture! A serving has 102 calories, 10.7 grams of carbs, 4.8 grams of fiber and 6.9 grams of fat. Get the recipe. Get the recipe.
These recipes will help you try new things while keeping your blood sugar stable! If you need a good guacamole recipe, there’s an excellent low-carb option here. We never say no to guacamole. We just think there are plenty of other opportunities to enjoy avocado!
