Use as a salad dressing, or as a topping over chicken or beef tomato salsa (see recipe) for southwest salad, tostados, tacos, burritos, or nachos.
This recipe was adapted from the American Heart Association:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyCooking/Chicken-and-Black-Bean-Tostada-with-Avocado-Cream_UCM_457566_Article.jsp
Avocado Cream Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 avocado, peeled and pit removed
- ¼ cup light sour cream
- ⅛ tsp Mrs Dash Garlic Herb Seasoning mix
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon honey
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro (or 1 tsp. dried cilantro)
- 2 tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl or in sealed plastic bag. Mash the ingredients together with back of spoon (or, if using a sealed plastic bag, mash by hand) until the ingredients are well combined.)
- Serve as a salad dressing, or as a topping for chicken or beef tomato salsa (see recipe)
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 Tbsp Sodium: 20 mg. Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 20 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 1% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
–1% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 2% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
