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Broccoli & Carrots with Homemade Guacamole

Servings: 2
Course: Lunch, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup carrot sticks or flat planks
  • 1 cup broccoli - a combination of broccoli florets & peeled stems sliced
  • sea salt
  • 1 avocado pitted
  • 2 teaspoons fresh cilantro chopped
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt or to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice or more to taste

Method
 

  1. In a medium saucepan, bring a few inches of lightly salted water to a boil over medium high heat. Keep a strainer or colander nearby, with a plate underneath. Drop the broccoli florets and peeled stems into the water. Cook for a few minutes.
  2. Remove the broccoli with a slotted spoon. Place them in the strainer to cool.
  3. Bring the water back to a boil, then drop in the carrot planks. Cook for a few minutes. Remove the carrot planks with a slotted spoon. Place them in the strainer to cool.
  4. Make the guacamole: In a large bowl, mash the avocados. Add the sea salt and black pepper to taste. Add the lime juice, cilantro, chopped onion and lime juice. Stir well.
  5. Serve the cooled vegetables and guacamole, or pack them into a portioned lunch container as a snack on the go.
  6. Enjoy!