Mouthwatering Avocado Butter Spread

This mouthwatering Avocado Butter Spread recipe produces an incredibly rich and creamy spread that is absolutely delicious! It’s excellent on a sandwich, spread on breakfast toast, topping for a steaming baked potato, and even mixed into other dishes. The options are endless in how you can get the most use out of this tasty new twist on avocado butter. Is your mouth watering yet?

The Scoop About Avocado

The avocado, which is really a fruit, is truly an amazing superfood to add to your daily diet. In fact, there are few, if any other, other superfoods that are chalked-full of essential nutrients. One medium-sized avocado has about 215 total calories. Yes, that’s a boat-load of calories. However, because of the healthy fat, fiber, and phytochemical content, this superfood should help you lose weight, not gain weight.

Mouthwatering Avocado Butter Spread Recipe

Ingredients

1 approximately (1/2-pound) avocado (ripe, but not overripe)
1/4 cup organic, grass-fed, unsalted ghee
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed organic lemon or lime juice
1-2 cloves of organic garlic (minced)
1/2 teaspoon organic ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon Himalayan salt
1/4 teaspoon organic black pepper

Instructions

With an immersion blender, mix the avocado with the organic ghee until it’s very smooth.
Add the lemon or lime juice, cumin, minced garlic, Himalayan salt, and black pepper.
Place the avocado butter into a covered glass or ceramic container and place it in the refrigerator to chill for a few hours.
Enjoy!!!

Recipe Suggestions

To make larger amounts of Mouthwatering Avocado Butter Spread, it’s best to use a food processor for the mixing stage.

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References

Avocado (Persea americana) Seed as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals

Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid of olive oil, suppresses Her-2/neu (erbB-2) expression and synergistically enhances the growth inhibitory effects of trastuzumab (Herceptin) in breast cancer cells with Her-2/neu oncogene amplification.

Effects of avocado as a source of monounsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipid levels.

Loretta Lanphier is a Naturopathic Practitioner (Traditional), Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Certified Clinical Herbalist as well as the CEO / Founder of Oasis Advanced Wellness in The Woodlands TX. She studies and performs extensive research in health science, natural hormone balancing, anti-aging techniques, nutrition, natural medicine, weight loss, herbal remedies, non-toxic cancer support and is actively involved in researching new natural health protocols and products. A 20-year stage 3 colon cancer survivor, Loretta is able to relate to both-sides-of-the-health-coin as patient and practitioner when it comes to health and wellness. “My passion is counseling others about what it takes to keep the whole body healthy using natural and non-toxic methods.” Read Loretta’s health testimony Cancer: The Path to Healing. Loretta is Contributor and Editor of the worldwide E-newsletter Advanced Health & Wellness.