Guacamole. An enchanting, simple, yet tasty snack that includes so many benefits for your health goals. But, who really runs the show in the dynamic guacamole group? simply said, Avocado. This fruit (yes, fruit!) is packed full of some of the most important nutritional needs your body could ever want. To help you implement this delicacy into your day-to-day meals, we at Fit+Rec want to give you some of the best recipes for the fruit that you can put on anything! Make sure to check out the full recipes by clicking the attached links!
Avocado Breakfast Bruschetta
How can we not start with an avocado toast recipe? This Avocado Breakfast Bruschetta is an easy breakfast for quite literally anyone. Crafting a simple mix with avocados, tomatoes, onions, and basil, and layering on top of a toasted bruschetta slice with ricotta cheese, you’ll have a delicious take on one of the easiest meals!
Black Bean Breakfast Burrito
Want something other than avocado toast? The Black Bean Breakfast Burrito is a light, yet fulfilling meal to start your day. By using avocados, black beans, eggs, and cheese, while also creating pico de gallo as a salsa to add on top, you can create a wonderful breakfast burrito that gives you great nutritional value!
Panko-Crusted Avo Wedges
This next recipe is great for a light snack or even a side dish for your next meal! The Panko-Crusted Avocado Wedges includes a sweet, tangy, and spicy sauce that pairs extremely well with the avocado. For this recipe, all you have to do is coat avocado slices in Panko breadcrumbs, and then bake the slices until they’re crisp!
Avocado & Tahini Dip
This recipe is extremely similar to guacamole! Except, the Avocado and Tahini Dip is extremely smooth and works well as a hummus. For this, you only need to combine garlic, avocados, tahini, lime juice, olive oil, salt, and cumin seeds to blend together a tasteful snack!
Smashed Black Bean Quesadilla
For an avocado based lunch, this next recipe will fill you up. The Smashed Black Bean Quesadilla has a major focus on black beans, but uses avocados as a main stay in the recipe to really bring it together. Using other ingredients like jalapeños, grated cheese, lime zest, Greek yogurt, and other various additions, these quesadillas will have you mesmerized!
Tortilla Soup
Another lunch featuring the dynamic avocado, tortilla soup features numerous ingredients that blend beautifully together. Using avocado, chicken breasts, pinto beans, tortillas, and various other seasonings and ingredients, you can eat a light meal while still feeling full!
Yucatan Chicken Tacos
Avocados and tacos have always gone well together. In the Yucatan Chicken Tacos, it’s much the same. By mixing avocados, cabbage, chicken breasts, red onion, chipotle peppers, and añejo cheese, your dinner will be a perfect meal!
Baked Salmon with Creamy Avocado Sauce
Avocado doesn’t always have the be the main piece. In the Baked Salmon with Creamy Avocado Sauce recipe, the salmon is easily the star. However, by using avocados, cilantro, lime juice, garlic and onion powder, along with milk or water, you can top your salmon with a tasty and memorable sauce!
Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing
Shrimp is one of the most enticing seafoods you could possibly use to mix with avocado. The Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing pairs these two together in a simple salad that features spinach, or baby kale, cucumber, and a sweet miso sauce. This salad with leave you wishing you made more!
Marinated Kale Salad
Just like the baked salmon recipe, the avocado works as a sauce too! In the Marinated Kale Salad, all you need is kale, lemon juice, yellow bell pepper, and tomatoes, and an avocado sauce to build a perfect salad!
There you go! Those are 10 wonderful recipes that all feature the illustrious avocado! Make sure to check our sources from these recipes for more! Boomer!
Sources
https://www.cookforyourlife.org
https://www.onegreenplanet.org
