Avocados

 I'm growing to LOVE avocados took me a while but I can finally say I like them now. My favorite thing about them is they are full of fiber ( I need all the fiber I can get, if you know what I mean ) one avocado has 14 grams of fiber in it which is  56% of your daily value. Prior to my clean eating lifestyle change the only time I had tasted avocado was in guacamole or sushi which I love both!!

Starting off  I looked up some smoothie recipes that included avocados,  I really enjoy the smooth texture that it added  so that was a hit. One of my favorites is:

• 1/2 cup pineapple chunks( I use frozen)
• 1/2 avocado, diced
• 1 cup (2 handfuls) fresh spinach
• 1/4 cup almond milk or water 
• 1 banana (frozen and cut into slices)

Very simple to make and these are things I generally have on hand anyway. I believe the original recipe included flax seed but I haven't tried that yet but I'm sure that's a beneficial add on . The best thing about smoothies is you can basically throw together whatever mixture of fruits and veggies you like and it will come out great. 

Anyway today for lunch I had an avocado with tuna which is one of my favorite ways to eat it mostly because I love tuna. When I work out in the morning I will have a piece of toast w/ a 1/4 of an avocado and fold it in half its quick and it puts something on my stomach before I work out ( which is very necessary ). I have also tried it w/ cottage cheese which was surprisingly tasty ( really didn't think i would enjoy that ). Just thought I would share one of my favorite new foods!