Recipe of the Week

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The amazing Avocado is one of my favorite foods. I have posted before about this amazing fruit before in the Avocado Shrimp Salad Recipe. It is very versatile in the kitchen and packs a punch of nutrients, fiber, and healthy monounsaturated fats. Most people are turned off by the higher fat content, but fat is essential to our diet and gives us a feeling of satiation. I also believe it is not the amount of fat that you get in your diet that is dangerous but, the quality of the fat. In this context you can get either high quality/high amount of fat, high quality/low amount of fat, low quality/high amount of fat, or low quality/low low amount of fat. I advocate a higher quality of fat of moderate quantities.

To further elucidate this, research by Christopher Gardner of Stanford University did his A to Z Study where he recruited over 300 free-living pre-menopausal, overweight women and randomly assigned them to follow either the Atkins (extremely low carbohydrate), Zone (low-carbohydrate, high protein), Ornish (very low fat), or USDA/Food LEARN (high carbohydrate/moderate-low fat) diet for 1 year. At the completion of the study, the women assigned to follow the Atkins diet lost more weight and also experienced metabolic effects that were comparable with or more beneficial than the other participants. This is an interesting study and shows us that increased fat content in our diets does not always correspond to a higher risk of disease and may actually be beneficial to our health.

Back to the Recipe, here is the Eggvocado…

Eggvocado

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Fresh Eggs
• Seasoning (paprika, salt, pepper)

Directions

• Heat Oven to 375-400 degrees
• Cut Avocado in half and de-pit
• Cut out excess Avocado meat to make enough room for one whole egg
• Place Avocado on tinfoil in a pan (this helps prevent the avocado from tipping and spilling the egg)
• Cook for 12-15 min for a more fluid egg, and 17-20 min for a more solidified egg

Works great for a satisfying breakfast or anytime meal. Thanks to Lifehacker for this recipe, please share and try!

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