Healthy Avocado Spread

I don’t know about you, but I’ll find a way to sneak in vegetables anywhere I can. Sometimes it’s harder than others, but something about the warming weather of Spring always makes me want lighter, more vegetable-centric meals.

But it also makes me want sandwiches (because who wants to cook when it’s hot outside?). The problem is that I love adding sandwich spreads, it gives the sandwich a moist texture that’s easier to swallow. But many are loaded down pretty heavily with sugar and aren’t so great for you. So I came up with my own recipe using avocado as the base.

I was inspired to make this by…well, mayonnaise. One day while slicing up an avocado, I realized just how soft it was. Like margarine…obviously solid, but easy to spread. And then I realized the texture of pureed avocado would probably be similar to mayonnaise. So I popped it into a food processor and voila! Avocado spread was born.

And the vegetable sneaking persisted. 😛

Healthy Avocado Spread

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp cilantro
• salt, to taste

Step 01: Open and slice your avocados. Add all of the ingredients to a food processor. Pulse until completely blended and smooth.

That’s it! How simple is that!? You can use it as a sandwich spread or as a vegetable dip! I like to use it in my Easy 10-Minute Tuna Melts.

To be honest, I looked up a ton of recipes for this and couldn’t find any that sounded interesting. Almost all of them called for mayonnaise and then some of the people who wrote those recipes even had the audacity to call that healthy. I’m sure it’s delicious with the mayonnaise and you’re more than welcome to add some. But if you want a healthy spread, stick to this recipe. 🙂

And if you’ve been here before, you may notice I changed the recipe. I wound up dialing it back for myself because I didn’t use it fast enough. This should only keep in the fridge for about a week.

Is there anything you look forward to eating when warm weather hits? Leave it in the comments!

Healthy Avocado Spread

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Ingredients

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp cilantro
• salt, to taste

Instructions

Step 01: Open and slice your avocados. Add all of the ingredients to a food processor. Pulse until completely blended and smooth.

Healthy Avocado Spread was last modified: May 22nd, 2017 by Chelsey