Clean Eating Chips And Guacamole’

by The Gracious Pantry on October 31, 2009

Clean Eating Guacamole

Happy Halloween!

With all the Halloween parties going on, I thought I’d feature a more festive recipe today.

My Mom taught me this pretty early on. She loved to throw parties, especially for family. Birthdays were always a big “to-do” around our house, especially since my birthday is in July when the weather is nice and the parties can last into the wee hours of the night.

But whether she was entertaining 100 people, or making hors ‘d orerves  for 1, she always had a way of preparing only the best for her guests. Natural, organic foods that didn’t sit in your stomach like a ton of bricks by the end of the night. And this guacamole’, was usually on the list.

I’m also happy to say, that it’s a very simple recipe. You can prepare it in less time than it takes to get the avocado out of it’s skins!

The chip recipe was my own invention. I’m sure it’s not unique or revolutionary in any way, but it is my very own recipe. And the best part is, you don’t even need to measure anything!

Clean Eating Chips And Guacamole’
(Makes 6 servings)

Guacamole’

Ingredients
4 ripe avocados
1 Tbsp. lemon or lime juice
2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

Avacados

Step 1 – Remove skins, and place avocados in a large mixing bowl, along with all other ingredients.
Step 2 – Mash all ingredients together until you reach your desired consistency.

Tortilla Chips

Ingredients
1 package corn tortillas (I use Traders Joe’s Corn Tortillas – the cleanest I’ve found so far)
1/2 salt
1 Tbsp. garlic powder
Lemon juice
1 tsp. olive oil

Directions
Making Baked Tortilla Chips

Step 1 – Take one bag of small corn tortillas and cut them into 4ths or 8ths.  (Please check the ingredients on the tortillas you buy. Not all tortillas are created equal!)

Step 2 – Cover a cookie sheet with a VERY light spray of olive oil.

Step 3 – Lay out your tortilla pieces so that none of them cover each other.

Step 4 – Spray your tortilla pieces with a VERY light spray of olive oil.

Step 5 – Sprinkle with lemon (or lime) juice, garlic and salt.

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F. until crispy (About 15-25 minutes, depending on your oven).

Enjoy!

Nutritional Content
1 serving – It’s tough on this recipe to say what an exact serving is. So I just divided the entire thing (both chips and avocado) into six portions.

Calories: 332
Total Fat: 22 gm
Saturated Fats: 3 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 419 mg
Carbohydrates: 34 gm
Dietary fiber: 12 gm
Sugars: 2 gm
Protein: 6 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 14

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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  • Roxanne

    Ooooo! I’m thinkin’ a little cumin or chili powder with lime! Yum!

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Roxanne – Sounds wonderful! Enjoy!

  • http://www.craftymomma2.blogspot.com/ Kat

    Mmmm this sounds wonderful!!!!

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Kat – Yep! It is!

  • Amy

    When you are looking in the store for things like corn tortillas, or whole wheat flour tortillas for wraps and such, how do you qualify it as clean? Only a certain # of ingredients?, the fact that you can pronounce all of the ingredients and know what they are?, or a combination of both? Thanks!! I LOVE your site!!!

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Amy – The second thing you mentioned there does the trick every time. Look at each ingredient. If you would not buy it individually to cook with in your own kitchen, it’s most likely not clean. :)

  • Kristin Klein

    Hi Tiffany, I have a question for you regarding whole wheat flour vs. wheat berries. At Whole Foods, I found flourless, sprouted grain tortillas made with wheat berries. I have been using these in place of bread for sandwiches and I even use them in place of tortilla chips. I was wondering if this would be considered better than eating whole grain or whole wheat bread since it does not have any flour in it. Thank you in advance for your comments! :D

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Kristin – I don’t find any issues with flour unless you have an allergy of some sort. But think of the wheat berries as added variety. They are a great addition!

  • Anonymous

    Malea – Very true! I don’t know why I’ve never done that. I’ll have to make it a point to try it next time. Thanks for the reminder!

  • Khutchinson

    We ate at a Mexican restaurant tonight and their guacamole was dreadful! I could do better myself, and I do!! All I do is combined chopped avocado, chopped tomato, minced red onion, and it is delicious!! I may also squeeze in some lime juice to keep the guac from going brown so quickly, but usually, just a sprinkle of sea salt and we’re good. Yum!!

  • Anonymous

    Khutchinson – That sounds wonderful! I recently tried mixing a small jar of salsa in with my avocados and just about died and went to heaven! Guac is such FABULOUS stuff!

  • Anonymous

    Kristi – My best advice is to just start reading ingredients on every package you find. Products vary from region to region, so it’s hard to say. Wish I could be more help!

  • Anonymous

    Kristen – Just read the ingredient list. If there’s anything unrecognizable or unpronounceable, it’s probably not clean. That said, Whole Foods does have several clean selections. Just watch the fat. Healthy fats in moderation are a consideration in clean eating.

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