For the guacamole fans, this Pea Guacamole is the ultimate side for all your Mexican main dishes.
If you love heaps of avocado or guacamole like me, then you will know on Slimming it comes with a few calories. However, it is not quite as high as you might think, but if you like to save your calories for that evening treat, then you might be reluctant to use your calories on this yummy healthy ingredient.
Before I go onto the recipe, I must mention this useful little post I did about Avocado on Slimming which covers it's calorie value and also has some amazing ideas of how to incorporate it into your meals.
However if you really don't want to use avocado, this Pea Guacamole is the perfect recipe for you. Serve it slathered on toast and top with a fried or poached egg or alongside some salsa with crispy whole wheat pita.
It is perfectly yummy in a burger too, there are so many different combinations, you could even stuff a chicken breast with the some of this and a little bit of cheese.
Either way you don't have to skimp on the portion with, as this entire recipe is , or if you do add the little bit of optional avocado for a little more creaminess.
Wondering what other amazing things you can pair with this Pea Guacamole? How about some of these yummy recipes:
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- Corn and Tomato Salsa
- Pineapple Mexican Pork Carnitas
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- Mexican Pasta Bake
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- Spicy Mexican Chicken and Rice
- Spicy Mexican Chicken Lasagne
- Pasta Chicken Enchiladas
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To make this Pea Guacamole I use my KitchenAid Mini Food Processor to pulse the ingredients as you want the peas, almost puree like, for that yummy creamy texture.
What Kitchen Items do I need to make this Pea Guacamole?
- Measuring Scales
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring jug or Measuring Cups
- Mixing Bowl
- Chopping Board
- Santoku Knife
- Mini Food Processor
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Pea Guacamole
For the guacamole fans, this Pea Guacamole is the ultimate side for all your Mexican main dishes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (150g) of frozen peas (defrosted)
- half a small jalapeno, deseeded and chopped
- ¼ of a small red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- small handful of fresh coriander (cilantro)
- 1 vine tomato, peeled, seeded and diced
- ¼ cup (4 tbs) of quark
- juice of a half a lime
- salt and black pepper to season
optional:
- 50g of Avocado, roughly mashed
Instructions
- Place the jalapeno, red onion, garlic, coriander, tomato and lime juice in a mini food processor and blitz until finely chopped.
- Add to a bowl
- Add the peas and quark to the mini food processor and pulse until creamy
- Add into the bowl
- If using the optional avocado, roughly stir this into the mix
- Mix to combine
- Season as need with salt and black pepper.
- Store in a lidded tub in the fridge.
- Enjoy!!
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 55Total Fat 0.3gSaturated Fat 0.1gSodium 82mgCarbohydrates 8.6gFiber 2.3gSugar 3.3gProtein 5.2g
Juliana Morris says
Oooh does this actually taste like avocado then?
Christy Marin says
Im not a big fan of peas, but I loved this! It was surprisingly good!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yes it is a good replacement for avocado when you want to save on the syns 🙂
Lucy says
I made this (with a couple of changes due to not having all ingredients in plus I added more chillies) for a taster session at a Slimming World group and they went MAD for it. Everyone loved it. Big hit.
I soemtimes make something very similar to this (without chillies) for my little daughter mixed with pasta.
Stevie says
Can this be frozen? I'd like to make a batch, freeze small portions and use them for dips with vegetables for packed lunch. Many thanks
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I personally haven’t tried freezing, but I don’t see why it wouldnt freeze ok.
Michelle says
I made it using mushy peas and quark it was lovely syn free on slimmingworld
Denise says
Made this for the first time today. Wow! Amazing.
Am going to make some for the next taster morning.
Think it will be good in wraps, on crackers, toast etc!