CREAMY AVOCADO SAUCE
This sauce can do everything!!!
Creamy Avocado Sauce is guacamole’s HIGHER PROTEIN cousin!
Each generous 4-tablespoon serving has 5 GRAMS PROTEIN + just 100 calories. You can thank the addition of Greek yogurt for that extra protein.
It has only 5 ingredients & takes just a few minutes to make. This sauce truly is BOSS!
HOW TO ENJOY IT:
– Dip for tortilla chips & veggies
– Drizzled on tacos, nachos, or quesadillas
– Added to burrito or buddha bowls
– Spread on sandwiches or wraps
– Served with grilled meat, chicken, or fish
– Dolloped on baked potatoes
– Topper for burgers
– The sky is the limit! Whatever you’d do with avocado or guacamole, you can do with this CREAMY AVOCADO SAUCE!
NOTES:
– For a thinner sauce, add a little water.
– For spicy avocado sauce, add a little chopped jalapeño before blending.
– For avocado cilantro sauce, add a little fresh cilantro before blending.
– No blender, no problem. Mash the avocado until it’s very smooth and then stir in yogurt, minced garlic, lime juice, and salt.
– I usually double the recipe. It really is that good.
– Keep tightly covered in the fridge for up to 3 days.
5 minutes • Servings: Makes about 1/2 cup (~2 servings) Print Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 ripe (but not brown) avocado
- 1/2 cup 2% plain Greek yogurt
- 1 small clove garlic, minced (~1/4 teaspoon)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Optional: water, jalapeño, cilantro
Directions
In a blender, add the avocado, yogurt, minced garlic, lime juice, and salt and blend until smooth.
Nutritional Facts for Creamy Avocado Sauce
4 tablespoons
Makes about 1/2 cup (~2 servings)
Daily Value %*
5%
10%
7%
1%
8%
2%
12%
10%
0%
4%
15%
6%
* Daily Value % based on a 2000 calorie diet.