Avocado Cream Dressing or Sauce


YIELD: 10 Tablespoons

SERVES: 5

PREP TIME: 8 minutes

SERVING SIZE: 2 Tablespoons

COOKING TIME: None

 

This quick-to-prepare whole foods sauce is perfect to dress a salad or top a piece of baked fish. It even works well mixed into riced cauliflower.


INGREDIENTS

1 medium avocado, peeled and pitted

1/4 cup nonfat, plain strained yogurt (Greek or Icelandic)

1/2 cup packed fresh cilantro or basil

Juice of 1/2 lime (about 1 tablespoon)

1 garlic clove

INSTRUCTIONS

1    Place all of the ingredients in a food processor.

2    Pulse on and off until you have a smooth consistency.

 

CHOICES

1 Fat

BASIC NUTRITIONAL VALUES

Calories

60

           Calories from Fat

40

Total Fat

4.5 g

           Saturated Fat

0.7 g

           Trans Fat

0.0 g

Cholesterol

0 mg

Sodium

10 mg

Potassium

200 mg

Total Carbohydrate

4 g

           Dietary Fiber

2 g

           Sugars

1 g

Protein

2 g

Phosphorus

35 mg