AVOCADO! Reducing fat in cooking for health.
I have been using avocado like it's going out of style. When I make a salad dressing, the oil in the recipe gets replaced by half of a ripe avocado. Smoothies take on an extra special smoothie-ness with an avocado. Baked goods like corn bread, muffins, rolls and cookies (sweetened naturally with honey, of course) are super moist and bind well when I add an avocado and ground flax seed to replace the oil and egg in the recipe. Avocado can get a bad wrap at times because of its fat content; however, when used as a whole food, avocado has many fantastic health benefits. This Mercola.com article lists many beneficial nutrients such as potassium, fiber, vitamins B and E, folic acid and many more. While being rich in nutrients, it also has been shown to have protective and restorative properties for the liver as well as cancer fighting properties. Don't use processed avocado oil, unless you put it on your skin! There are many great ...