Avocado Recipes

Green Pea Guacamole

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup frozen baby green peas
* 1 medium ripe avocado
* 2 Tbsp. finely chopped red onion
* 2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro
* 2 tsp. fresh lime juice
* Pinch of cayenne pepper
* Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
* 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
* Baked yellow or blue corn chips

In small saucepan, cook peas with 1/2 cup water,
covered, until soft, 5-6 minutes. Drain well, spread
peas on a double layer of paper towels and blot dry.

Place peas in mixing bowl and mash with fork while still warm until peas are mushy.

Add avocado and mash until guacamole has the texture you
like. Mix in onion, cilantro, lime juice and cayenne.
Season guacamole with salt and pepper to taste.
At this point, guacamole can be covered with plastic
wrap pressed onto the surface, and refrigerated up to
4 hours.

Just before serving, sprinkle tomatoes over guacamole.
Accompany with tortilla chips.

Makes 8 servings.

Per serving: 100 calories, 7 g total fat (1 g saturated
fat), 8 g carbohydrate, 2 g protein, 5 g dietary
fiber, 5 mg sodium.

Written by Dana Jacobi, author of 12 Best Foods Cookbook and contributor to AICR’s New American Plate Cookbook: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life. Contributed by the AICR