Southwest Chicken Salad Stuffed Avocado

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If you love avocados then you are going to absolutely love the recipe in this post! Often thought of as a vegetable, avocados are a nifty little fruit that provide healthy fats the body needs along with providing other great health benefits. They support cardiovascular health, contain antioxidants, may help aid in weight loss, enhance the body's absorption of nutrients, and more!

There are many ways to eat or add avocado to your diet. You can eat fresh slices like I do, or add to your salads, add to your morning eggs, or cook it in with your chicken and salmon orzo salad for dinner. The possibilities are endless. But this is definitely a fruit that packs a huge benefit in the health and fitness arena.



So I want to share one of my favorite avocado recipes. I pieced together a few recipes to make this my own tasty treat. You can choose to add mayo or Greek yogurt as a binding agent, but my take is as healthy as it gets without added calories and fats. Let me know what you think! 

Southwest Chicken Salad Stuffed Avocado

4 large avocados
1 fresh lemon
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1/4 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup corn, rinsed and drained
2 Tablespoons garlic, minced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 can Fresh Valley canned Chicken Breast, drained
1/4 cup grape tomatoes, halved
Pepper, to taste
 
Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, stir the chicken, green onions, garlic, corn, black beans and cilantro together. Slice four large avocados in half. Discard the avocado pits. Scoop out a little of the avocado flesh to make it more like a "bowl". Add to the chicken salad and mix together. Slice the lemon in half. Squeeze one half into the chicken salad mixture and the other half into the "avocado bowls" and mix to keep it from browning. Add a pinch of pepper. Scoop the chicken salad into the "avocado bowls". Top with a few cherry tomato slices and serve.