Tuesday, October 9, 2012

S-t-r-e-t-c-h out your ingredients to avoid getting too much of one thing!!

I love cocktail sauce but it contains a lot of sugar, and I also love guacamole (made with lots of "gaaaahlic", as Emeril says!), so mix them.  I love to eat boiled shrimp for a snack, & dip it into a mixture of avocado & cocktail sauce, & you have lower fat & sugar content in your dip!  This is far easier than making homemade cocktail sauce in order to cut on sugar!

The cocktail sauce adds tons of flavor to the avocado, so no need to add seasonings. 

*2 tablespoons of cocktail sauce = approximately 5-10 g of sugar
*2 tablespoons of avocado = 4.5 g fat

Avocado has good fats, so you need them, but if you are cutting back on fats, you can tweak it to your specifications.  Even out the score so you don't have to sacrifice taste for old fashioned "dieting"!

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