Avocado salsa is colourful, nutritious and such a fabulous way to eat avocados and all their healthy fats. Avocados are one of the top 10 low-carb snacks. Take a look here for all 10.
Avocado Salsa
Avocados are such a perfect food, due to their mono and polyunsaturated fat content, nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds. Avocados contain oleic acid, folate, iron, niacin, minerals, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, healthy fatty acids, and a great source of fibre.
They are great for the skin, and great for weight loss. As we know, increasing our good fats, reduces hunger, increases satiety and improves nutrition.
Avocados always appear in the Top 5 Nutrient Dense Foods. For years I would avoid avocados because of their fat content, or allow myself a small slice.
Now I will sit an eat an entire avocado, cut in half with salt, pepper and olive oil. How nourishing is that? Or how about filling it with a tin/can of tuna in love oil. Simple is good.
Watch the quick cooking video and see how easy it is to make avocado salsa. Perfect #keto snack.Click To TweetSo much better than some low fat nonsense. Add avocados to salads, crack an egg in the hole the stone leaves behind then grill them, have with bacon, use them instead of butter, I have even made a chocolate mousse, chocolate mint ice-cream and a beautiful way to top of my Fat Head taco cups.
Avocado salsa is more chunky that guacamole. You can have it as a side dish, as part of low-carb platter, as a dip for vegetable sticks, in lettuce wraps, on bunless burgers, or just on its own.
I often make a double batch then I can pack it for lunch. Avocado salsa travels well in small pots for lunch boxes (remember to put a spoon in the lunchbox).
Avocado Salsa
If you want to know the correct way to cut avocados before making the avocado salsa, watch this. Who knew I cut avocados completely different to anyone I know?
Ingredients
- 4 avocados depending on size
- 1 lemon
- 1 fresh chilli diced finely
- 1 red onion diced finely
- 2 tomatoes diced finely
Instructions
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Skin and dice the avocados.
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Place in a mixing bowl with the finely diced red onion, diced tomato, juice of 1 lemon and as much fresh red chilli as you like.
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Mix gently so the chunks of avocado remain.
Recipe Notes
To see the nutrition in avocados, click here.
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sruthi says
Hello, will the avocado salsa be fine if packed for lunch? Say, I prepare it the day before and take it for lunch the following day, will that be okay? Is there a particular method you use to keep if fresh?
Libby www.ditchthecarbs.com says
I make sure I use a squeeze of lemon to help prevent it turning brown. I also pack it in my children’s lunch boxes using a small container filled to the brim so there is as little air in there as possible. That seems to really work well.
Shannon says
I add feta as well. Soooo good!!!
Denise Farr says
Love this recipe. I generally make it for a dinner salad, it’s so fresh tasting and has lovely textures with the smooth velvety advocado and the crunchy red onion. By the time we have had a big helping of this with meat we’re full!! Right now avocados are plentiful and cheap, with lots of roadside stalls in our area.
Anna M Vos says
I love this recipe, Libby. After the first time it stuck with me and now I don’t need the recipe anymore. The ingredients go so well together and are always available, at least in my kitchen 🙂 The taste is just divine: round, fresh, simple, hot! Great for lunch box, as a side dish or just to spoon away after preparing, right there, standing in your kitchen 🙂
Emma says
Avocados from your tree!! Deep envy! Here in the cold UK, we get our rock-hard avocados from the supermarket! 😀
Libby www.ditchthecarbs.com says
I am lucky indeed, it did take 4 years for the first fruit however, but now I am reaping the rewards from my patience 🙂
Glynis Dickson says
Avocados here often resemble bullets. And are expensive.
emilylewis90 says
This looks so yummy!
Libby says
Thanks Emily. Our first batch was eaten in only 1 day.