My friend Kathy gave me a great cook book for my birthday last year that’s called the “Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook” by Tosca Reno. For those of you who don’t know who Tosca Reno is, she was a yo-yo dieter for years and after changing her eating habits, lost 80 pounds and has kept it off for 8 years. She now has a magazine called Clean Eating Magazine. It also has great tips and recipes.
One of the recipes I made yesterday from her cookbook was guacamole. Until last year I had never made my own guacamole, or eaten avocados on a regular basis, now I love them!
Here’s what you will need:
2 small ripe avocados
5 oz. frozen peas, lightly cooked, rinsed and drained
1.2 cup cilantro, trimmed and chopped
1 ripe plum tomato, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green onion, whites only
juice of one Lime
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until just combined. Transfer to a serving bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate. That’s it! I loved the addition of peas, it tasted awesome!
Makes 6 servings. Each serving is 130 calories, 9 grams fat, 6 grams of fiber, and 2 grams of protein.
what a great idea and also a great way to stretch a 2 dollar avoacado…
I love Clean Eating and I make sure to get a copy each month.
Clean Eating is one of my favorite magazines! The guac sounds great 🙂
I’ve browsd through Clean Eating and there are some fantastic recipes in there! I LOVE the addition of the peas in the guacamole, and you did a marvelous job making it look so wonderful. I wish I could dig in with a chip right this second!
I love the idea of adding peas to guacamole. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing the recipe! Have a great week!
I make my own guacamole all the time, but have never included peas. What a neat idea.
I have to try adding peas to my guac. I love making my own and its great finding new little additions to make it even more delicious! Thanks!!
Great idea to add peas! I will definitely be trying it!
Interesting with the peas. Please also check out The Best Guacamole on my site (small bites)–I just love it. It’s really authentic (no tomatoes), and sooo good.
Yummm… sounds great with the peas. It added the texture.
Guac is just the best and super healthy too. Love the hidden peas in yours!
Now this is quite brilliant!!!!
I would have never guessed to add peas but I bet they do taste sweet and yummy!
I’ve seen versions of this guac before but after seeing it here I really want to try it now! I’ve heard the peas make it really creamy. I’m bookmarking this for our next fiesta 🙂