Guacamole

Thinking of picking up some guacamole at the supermarket tonight to celebrate Cinco De Mayo?

Check the label first.

Most store bought brands don't even contain avocados

Shocked? Yeah so was I.

Why not make your own.

Here's a recipe I use.

Its sooo tasty and super quick and easy.

(pictured above)

Ingredients

3 large avocados

2 tbsp minced scallions or onion

1 small chopped tomato

juice of 1/2 to 1 lime (use half, taste it, and add more if you like more acidity)

1/2 tsp minced garlic (one very small clove)

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

Peel and pit the avocados. Scoop out the flesh with a spoon and mash it with a fork in a bowl. Stir in the chopped tomato, minced scallions/onion, garlic, lime juice, and salt.

Makes about 2 cups, for 2-4 servings

 

the recipe is from Eggs on Sunday



Happpy Cinco De Mayo

MSG vs HVP

If you read your nutrition labels you may have noticed a mystery ingredient Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP).  It is especially common in soups. What is it? Well its basically MSG in another form.
Wheat, corn or soy is boiled in hydrochloric acid and then neutralized by sodium hydroxide.  (yummm right??)
Is it dangerous? Not necessarily - if you aren't already sensitive to MSG then HVP wont likely make you sick. However, there is not any information about what additives like this can do in the long run.

To read more about this check out the Glamour blog Vitamin G - link below
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/2010/09/ingredient-label-sleuth-ive-he.html