Avocado Snack (Quick, Healthy and Vegan)

I hope you love this avocado snack as much as I do! Just two ingredients. The only tricky part is making sure you use your avocado at the right time. It needs to be ripe/somewhat soft on the inside so you can easily scoop it with a spoon, but you also don’t want it over-ripe with brown spots on the inside.

HERE is a great resource to help you know how to pick out the perfect ready-to-eat avocado.

As far as roasted and salted sunflower seeds, THESE are the kind I usually have stocked in my house, but I get them from the shelves at Trader Joe’s for about $2 for a pound. The roasted and salted sunflower seeds add such a lovely flavor to the avocado. They go so well together. 

This avocado snack has a good amount of protein and good-for-you fats. Many snacks out there are often nutritionally empty treats. Sugar in different forms and flavors. Usually high in carbs and fillers. And I’m definitely guilty of this, especially since my kids are asked to bring dry snacks to school each day. Haha, my kids aren’t big fans of dehydrated broccoli 😉  After school, weekends and holidays are great opportunities to serve healthier, nutritionally dense and still delicious snacks. Like avocado with sunflower seeds…

Avocado Snack (Quick, Healthy and Vegan)

Ingredients (makes 2 servings):

• 1 ripe avocado
• 2-3 Tbsp. Roasted and Salted Sunflower Seeds

Instructions:

1. Rinse and dry avocado. Use a knife to cut it in half lengthwise, going around the seed. Gently twist the the two parts of the avocado in opposite directions as you slowly pull them apart. Use a spoon to remove the seed.
2. Fill the “bowl” of each avocado half with sunflower seeds. Serve with a spoon and enjoy those toasted seeds and creamy avocado.

*Inspired by Alissa

**Another high in protein and good-for-you fats snack to add to your repertoire is Almond Butter Vegan Freezer Fudge (which I actually do sometimes pack in my kids’ lunches). Definitely worth a try!

Summary

Recipe Name

Avocado Snack (Quick Healthy Vegan)

Jill

Published On

2018-05-16