Lighter Guacamole

Name: Lighter Guacamole
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes 2 cups)
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 , medium tomato (about 5 ounces), cored, seeded, and chopped fine (about 1 cup); 1 cup, frozen lima beans (about 5 ounces); 1 , ripe but still firm avocado, preferably pebbly-skinned Hass (about 7 ounces); 3 tablespoons, fresh lime juice (from 2 limes); 2 tablespoons, reduced-fat mayonnaise; 1/2 teaspoon, Table salt; 1/4 cup, minced fresh cilantro; 1 , medium jalapeño chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced; 1 tablespoon, minced red onion or shallot; 1 medium clove, garlic, minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 teaspoon); 1/2 teaspoon, ground cumin

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We found a surprising ingredient that allowed us to replace some of the avocado without sacrificing taste or texture.

SERVES8 (Makes 2 cups)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To keep the avocado flavor high but the calorie quotient low in our lighter guacamole recipe, we developed three key steps. We replaced two (out of three) avocados with 1 cup of cooked, pureed, and peeled lima beans. We added reduced-fat ma...

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