Mini Guacamole & Olive Cups Recipes {Healthy Snack}

Surprise your kids with these fun Mini Guacamole and Olive Cups…the perfect healthy after school snack. They’d be great as appetizers, too! Thanks to California Avocados for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you.

I’ve come to realize that my kids are in a constant state of “starving”. Actually, make that “sta-a-a-a-arving”, with a dose of drama mixed in.

Half of the time I remind them to drink some water because, really, how can they possibly be hungry only half an hour after they finish their lunch? If they have even a tablespoon of my gene pool, their bodies are probably crying, “Drought!” rather than, “Famine!”

The one exception is when they walk in the door after school. Their brains have been hard at work all day and their tummies need something to hold them over until dinnertime.

It’s been awhile since I’ve made a batch of guacamole (what was I thinking?!), but I had a collection of perfectly ripe California avocados that were begging to be used. Who am I to deny them?

If your avocados aren’t quite ripe enough, place them in a paper bag with an apple or two and store the bag at room temperature. Apples release a gas called ethylene, which is a ripening agent. When the avocados yield to gentle pressure, they are ready to eat.

I used some of my friend’s limes that I used for the Spice Rubbed Lime Salmon Recipe. The juice added some tang and stopped the smashed avocados from browning. Raw onion is not my friend, so I stuck to garlic, tomatoes, cumin, cayenne and salt as my guacamole mix-ins. It tasted great, but I was looking for something extra to make a special after school snack.

And then it hit me. Black olives! A forever favorite of my boys.

There are a always a few packages of phyllo shells in our freezer because they’re handy for last-minute appetizers and desserts, and they defrost in about 10 minutes when sitting at room temperature.

I scooped a tablespoon of the guacamole in each shell and topped each one with an olive slice. Voilà…afternoon snack!

My boys’ refrain of “We’re SO hungry!” turned into “These are REALLY good!”

Mission accomplished.

Find these ingredients on Amazon: Phyllo shells, Ground cumin, Cayenne pepper and Black olives

Other healthy snack recipes:

Cookin’ Canuck’s Mini Avocado & Hummus Quesadilla Recipe
Cookin’ Canuck’s No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites Recipes {Low Sugar & Gluten-Free}
Grab Your Spork’s Sweet Potato Hummus
Healthy Seasonal Recipes’ Honey Nut Snack Bars
The Clever Carrot’s Blackberry Ginger Smoothie

Mini Guacamole & Olive Cups Recipes {Healthy Snack}

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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size	1 filled cup
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 93kcal Calories from fat 39
% Daily Value
Total Fat 4g	6%
Saturated Fat 1g	5%
Sodium 112mg	5%
Carbohydrate 12g	4%
Dietary Fiber 2g	8%
Sugars 0g
Protein 2g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

Preparation 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Calories 41.8/ Total Fat 3.0g / Saturated Fat 0.3g / Cholesterol 0mg / Sodium 38.1mg / Total Carbohydrates 3.9g / Fiber 1.1g / Sugars 0.1g / Protein 0.6g / WW (Old Points) 1 / WW (Points+) 1

Serves Makes 15     adjust servings

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 California avocados, pitted
• 1 tsp fresh lime juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp ground cumin
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 dash (or more) cayenne pepper
• 3 tbsp diced tomato
• 3 tbsp diced black olives
• 2 tsp minced cilantro
• 15 store-bought phyllo shells, defrosted
• 2 black olives, cut into half-circles

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, smash the avocados with the back of a fork.
2. Mix in the lime juice, garlic, cumin, salt and cayenne pepper until combined. Taste and add more cayenne pepper, if desired.
3. Stir in the diced tomato, black olives and cilantro.
4. Scoop 1 tablespoon of the guacamole into each phyllo shell, and top each with a black olive half-circle. Serve.

by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

Recipe Notes

From the kitchen of Cookin' Canuck | cookincanuck.com

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