Avocado Tostadas

By Stina

Ingredients

• Easy Guacamole Ingredients:
• 3 fajita-size low-carb or whole wheat flour tortillas, toasted
• 1 tsp. olive oil, for brushing baking sheet
• 1 about 1 cup thinly sliced lettuce
• 1/3 cup finely grated cheese (I used Four Cheese Mexican Blend)
• 1 avocado
• 2 tsp. fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 1/4 tsp. Green Tabasco Sauce or other hot sauce (or more if you like it spicy)
• 1/4 tsp. salt (I used Veg-Sal)
• pinch of chile powder

Details

Servings 3
Adapted from kalynsprintablerecipes.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

(Makes 3 tostadas, but can easily be doubled or tripled. Recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Tampico's Restaurant memories from years ago!)

3 fajita-size low-carb or whole wheat flour tortillas, toasted

1/3 cup finely grated cheese (I used Four Cheese Mexican Blend)

Preheat oven or toaster oven to 450F/230C and brush a baking sheet with olive oil. Lay the tortillas on the baking sheet and toast until they are firm and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. (Turn them a couple of times while they are toasting and watch carefully because they can go quickly from nicely brown to burned.) Let tortillas cool for a few minutes.

Cut the avocado in half, remove seed and discard, scrape out the avocado flesh into a small bowl, and quickly mix in the lime juice, mashing the avocado and stirring well so the lime is well-distributed (to keep the avocado from turning brown.) Mix in Green Tabasco Sauce (or other hot sauce), salt, and chile powder. (Don't use too much chile powder or it turns the guacamole brown!)

You can add other ingredients if desired like sliced olives, sliced green onions, chopped tomatoes, or salsa, but this version with just guacamole, lettuce, and grated cheese is my favorite.