CRUNCHY LIME GUACAMOLE ON RICE CAKE – CRAVING REDUCER!!

So, I must say first – I am sorta swiping my sister’s recipe to post this – but it is my NEW FAVORITE THING, HAS A TON OF VEGGIES, GREAT FOR YOUR WAISTLINE, and is SO great to elminate CRAVINGS!!!

1 Avacado – slightly soft to touch
1/4 cucumber, peeled and cubed
1/4 green and/or red pepper, cut into tiny pieces
1/4 cup green onions, sweet onions, or red onion, chopped finely
1/3 cup grape tomatoes cut into quarters
2 TBS cilantro, cut finely
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 TBS mayo – to meld together
1/3 cup LIME JUICE (THE MORE THE BETTER!!)
1 – 3 tsp sea salt (to taste)
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder (opt)

Cut the avacado in half, and carve out how thinly you want to cut them with a knife against the hard peel.  I cut across, downward, and then diagonal.  Then take a spoon and lift the avacado out.  You are left with tiny pieces of guacamole already pre sliced for you. Add the LIME JUICE NEXT – and let the avacado absorb all the lime juice.  This part MAKES the recipe.  This is the Chilean component I LOVE (I lived there for 1 1/2 years). Then add everything else and stir it to combine and let the flavors meld.

You are left with the most flavorful and citrisy light guacamole with lots of crunch.  Instead of trying it on fried corn chips, put it on a RICE CAKE.

My personal favorite are (BIG SURPRISE!) Trader Joe’s lightly salted Brown Rice cakes – $1.49 at the one by me.  We get like 8 bags every time we go.  I love that they are whole grain. My 2nd choice would be Quaker…by a long shot.  Other Health Food Stores will have similar ones, but usually more expensive.

GENEROUSLY spoon the guacamole on the rice cake and YUM!  Everything will be a little crumbly but SOOO good.  And after I eat it, I find the avacado has calmed my glucose metabolism and I am not craving sweet, and I am SERIOUSLY FULL TO THE BRIM after eating this.  I have it for dinner sometimes – its THAT good!

ENJOY!