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| High Protein Guacamole |
School may have started here in Pennsylvania, but it still feels like summer outside, and my vegetable garden is still alive and well, so a recipe like this is perfect for today. I actually made this for a July 4th party, but despite the avocado, most of the other ingredients are currently in or have been in my garden in years past. This is basically your average guacamole recipe with the exception that in place of one avocado, you add in pureed edamame, which adds a huge protein and nutritional boost to this already healthy dip. Since soy beans don't have a strong flavor of their own and when pureed are nice and creamy like an avocado, they mix in perfectly and everyone who tried this dip at the party loved it and asked for the recipe. If you don't want to use soy but want to add protein, you could easily substitute pureed fresh or frozen and thawed green peas. One cup of green peas has 8g of protein, less than half of the 17g in soy beans, but still significant. So get dipping and enjoy the summer weather while it lasts!
