With the whole cupcake experiment I’ve been neglecting my general cooking skills a little bit, somehow ending up cooking the same old fare. So to shake it all up a little bit I decided to start another little project. Every week I’ll try to use an ingredient starting with a letter from the alphabet, try out a new recipe and share it with you guys

This weeks ingredient has to start with an ‘A’. At first I wanted to do something with artichokes, but I have to admit that the recipe didn’t turn out that well, ooops. So I decided to make something with avocado instead. Avocado is perfect to add to salads, or making sushi with, or as I will do here to make delicious dip with. I know, a dip isn’t exactly like a real dinner kind of recipe, but on the other hand if you’re going to eat some not-so-healthy chips in front of your telly or at a party, might as well balance it out a little bit with this super healthy and easy to make avocado & lime dip

Really, I didn’t know much about avocados, but reading up on it, I discovered avocados have so many health benefits:
- It protects cholesterol related heart diseases. It reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
- It is used both in prevention and treatment of prostate and breast cancers. Scientists have proved that a toxin in avocado kills the cancer cells. So-called toxin has a great effect on the tissues, particularly heart muscle tissues.
- Avocado includes necessary minerals like potassium, calcium, vitamin C and K, folic acid, copper, sodium and dietary fibers. These are used to provide the mineral necessity of the body. People who live in hot climates have great mineral and water loss. So, avocado is suggested strongly by the medicals.
- Oleic acid in avocado can be used to lower cholesterol level in the blood.
- Potassium in avocado regulates pressure of blood.
- Sodium reduces the risk of high blood pressure and stoke.
- It improves the ability of the body to absorb carotenoids.
- Avocado is used to help people who have sexual problems.
- It is a good antioxidant.
- It can be used in the treatment of skin disorders
- It is used to heal people who suffer from digestive and circulatory problems.



Ingredients (this make about 3 times the amount shown in the picture)
3 ripe avocados
2 tbsp fresh lime juice , that’s about 2 juicy limes
1 tsp Tabasco sauce
1 garlic clove , crushed
½ tsp sea salt
olive oil for drizzling
natural tortilla chips or other chips or crackers

Cut the avocados in half lengthways, remove the stones and peel. Put the avocado in a food processor with the lime juice, Tabasco, garlic and sea salt. Blend until you have a light, elegantly pale green cream. If your avocados were not very ripe yet, the dip will be a little bit lumpier, but still very tasty.
Transfer the cream to a bowl, cover and chill until ready to serve. To serve, drizzle with a little oil. Serve as a dip with tortilla chips or other crackers.