What to add to guacamole to make it less calorically dense?

[Anonymous]

I have seen hummus guacamole. Personally I love hummus and love guac but did not enjoy their love child.

[Anonymous]

Peas, Zucchini, beans?

You people sure know how to ruin a good thing. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peas, Zucchini, beans?

You people sure know how to ruin a good thing. Yuck.

+1. I imagine these peoples' friends cringe when the volunteer to bring anything to a party

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never put peas in guacamole. The benefit of guacamole is that it's low carb, high fiber, and good healthy fats. Peas are carbs and sugar.

Didn't the 80s/90s teach us that replacing the dreaded fats with sugar alcohol isn't actually healthier, even if it means fewer calories?

Didn't take long for the peas are basically candy brigade to show up

They don't have to be candy to be a stupid thing to add to guacamole. You're taking something high calorie, high fat, but low carb, and erasing the low carb aspect to make it taste worse. This is the Food forum.

Changing the taste of guac is one thing, but complaining about vegetable "carbs" is next level stupidity. If you're concerned about carbs from peas, you probably have an eating disorder. At best, a completely unhealthy relationship with food.

[Anonymous]

Just eat it with cucumbers instead of chips.

[Anonymous]

I've made it with peas before. If you put a good amount of lime and salt you can almost trick yourself. But I agree - just east less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never put peas in guacamole. The benefit of guacamole is that it's low carb, high fiber, and good healthy fats. Peas are carbs and sugar.

Didn't the 80s/90s teach us that replacing the dreaded fats with sugar alcohol isn't actually healthier, even if it means fewer calories?

Didn't take long for the peas are basically candy brigade to show up

They don't have to be candy to be a stupid thing to add to guacamole. You're taking something high calorie, high fat, but low carb, and erasing the low carb aspect to make it taste worse. This is the Food forum.

Changing the taste of guac is one thing, but complaining about vegetable "carbs" is next level stupidity. If you're concerned about carbs from peas, you probably have an eating disorder. At best, a completely unhealthy relationship with food.

OP is asking because she wants to make it lower calorie. If you can't understand that guacamole is not ever going to be low calorie, but if you're worried about your weight it does have something going for it diet-wise that this change would obviate, than you're simply not following the thread.

Guacamole is calorically dense by definition. Adding peas will not make it low calorie, but it does destroy the low carb aspect. I would never add peas or zucchini or tofu to my guac because I have dignity, but I can add to a thread where a person says they want to doctor their guac for diet purposes by pointing out that the suggestions are counterproductive in addition to being gross.

[Anonymous]

The older Mexican ladies I worked with in Tucson (I was 20 so they were probably only in their 40s) used to put cottage cheese in it. Not a fan.

[Anonymous]

Salt. Very low calories

[Anonymous]

What about adding fruit like mango, pineapple, grapefruit, pomegranate seeds? It's an interesting change to the flavor profile vs. some kind of hack to lighten it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peas, Zucchini, beans?

You people sure know how to ruin a good thing. Yuck.

+1. I imagine these peoples' friends cringe when the volunteer to bring anything to a party

+2 Y'all will ruin ANYTHING in the name of calories. Don't eat it.

[Anonymous]

This thread made me grab the avocado that's been lingering in the bowl, mash it up with some salt, lime, and salsa, and eat it with a spoon. Thank you. It was delicious. Better than chocolate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Skinny Guac:

https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/250474/skinny-guacamole/

This adds zucchini, which actually sounds good to me.

That sounds vile. And if you read the recipe it literally says we are doing this so we cam eat more of it. That's not a healthy mindset.

[Anonymous]

To me, the obvious solution is also to make some really good pico, and serve them together, whether as two containers of dip, or two toppings on a taco or burger.

And to make whatever you're putting the guac and pico on healthy (however you define that), so cucumber slices, or grilled chicken instead of a burger, or baked instead of fried tortilla chips.

[Anonymous]

I don't get it. Do they have to punish you through your guacamole, or can you choose another food?