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Healthy Avocado Boats: 5 Ways

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Author: Lexi

Ingredients

  • 1 large ripe avocado or more, as many as need to make the number of servings you want

Optional Fillings:

  • For Baked Egg
  • 2 eggs or as many as you plan to make
  • Squeeze of lime juice
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pinch of paper
  • Pinch of paprika
  • Chicken Salad
  • 1 small cooked chicken breast about 5 ounces, diced finely
  • 3 tablespoons mayo
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Turkey BLT
  • 1/4 cup diced turkey breast
  • 1 piece of cooked bacon diced
  • 1/4 cup diced tomato
  • 1/4 cup diced fresh spinach
  • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Mayo Free Tuna Salad
  • ½ 5-ounce can albacore or yellowfin tuna, drained
  • 1 tablespoon diced cucumber
  • 1 tablespoon diced red onion
  • 1 tablespoon diced red pepper
  • 1 tablespoon diced parsley
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Pico de Gallo with Beans
  • 1/4 cup diced tomato
  • 2 tablespoons cooked and rinsed black beans
  • 1 tablespoon diced red onion
  • 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped
  • 2 teaspoons diced jalapeño pepper
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • For Baked Egg
  • Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  • Cut avocado in half and remove the pit. Scoop out a small portion of the avocado to make room for the egg.
  • Squeeze a bit of lime juice on top of avocado and place in a baking dish, making sure the avocado halves are secure.
  • Crack eggs into a bowl. Transfer yolk to the divet in the avocado, and add as much egg white as fits.
  • Bake in the oven until the egg is cooked as desired, and the white is fully opaque, about 15 minutes.
  • Sprinkle avocados with a pinch of salt, pepper and paprika and serve.

For Chicken Salad:

  • Cut avocado in half and remove the pit.
  • Add all chicken salad ingredients to a bowl and mix together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Scoop chicken salad into the hole created from the pit. Set aside any additional chicken salad for another use.
  • Turkey BLT
  • Cut avocado in half and remove the pit.
  • Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Scoop the BLT ingredients into the hole created from the pit.
  • Serve.

For Tuna Salad:

  • Cut avocado in half and remove the pit.
  • Add all tuna salad ingredients to a bowl and mix together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Scoop tuna salad into the hole created from the pit. Set aside any additional tuna salad for another use.
  • For Pico de Gallo with Beans
  • Cut avocado in half and remove the pit.
  • Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Scoop pico into the hole created from the pit. Set aside any additional pico for another use.