Clean Eating Chips And 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 au dourves 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

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

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!

Munchkin Helpers:

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

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

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

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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