This avacado dip recipe is a great one to experiment with and to take along to potluck parties!
Avocado Dip
Ingredients:
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
2 teaspoons chopped onion
1 tablespoon salsa
1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted, and mashed
1 slice of fresh lemon
Directions:
To keep the avocado from turning brown, squeeze the juice from the lemon slice onto the mashed avocado and mix together. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, onion, salsa, and avocado. Mix to blend the ingredients evenly. Serve with baked tortilla chips or sliced vegetables.
Nutritional Information for ¼ Cup Serving: 65 calories, 5g total fat, 2 g fiber, 2g protein.
Serving Suggestions: This versatile avacado dip is great with veggies, pita bread triangles, baked tortilla chips, on a taco salad, or as a topping on low fat chicken quesadillas.
When Monday rolls around, do you immediately begin wishing it was Friday so you can have a couple days “off”? If so, then you’re wishing most of your life away. Before you know it, six months will pass and you will only have lived two out of every seven days!
The antidote for wishing your life away is to live in each moment of every day – good or bad. If you find yourself drifting to weekend wishing, stop yourself and shift your energy back to the present. Soon, you’ll be living every day instead of just going through the motions of life.
Years ago I had the honor of interviewing Bernie Siegel, MD when he was in Seattle for an event. The topic was How to Have a Near-Life Experience. Here’s a inspirational excerpt from my interview:
“When I was four years old, I had a near-death experience. I was out of my body and almost died choking. And the comment I make is that if [it’s] just chemistry, then why don’t we all become drug addicts after that experience? You’d think that if it was just chemistry, you’d try to repeat that experience with something. But instead, we become very spiritual human beings, not addicted to anything except maybe life.
If you have an alcohol or drug addict, you know when they begin to really enjoy life? When they join AA or find something more meaningful than the addiction. And to me, the term for that became a near-life experience.”
- Excerpted from an interview with Bernie Siegel, MD
No matter what is going on in your life, you always have the choice to focus on something less troublesome and more meaningful. What’s more meaningful to you today?
Feel free to share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.
Have you ever said to yourself, a friend, or a loved one, “My life is great. I have nothing to complain about, but I just feel so sad!” Everyone experiences feelings of depression, anxiety, and sadness once in a while. Although most people can pinpoint the cause of their blues, such as experiencing hard times, needing more money, receiving bad news, living with rainy weather, or even having hormonal changes, some people feel sad or depressed without really knowing why.
Awhile back, I had lunch with a friend and when I started listening to the negative stories I was telling her about the current state of my life, I had an epiphany: I was stuck in a sad cycle that was creating a steady stream of negative thoughts in my mind!
When feeling sad leads to day after day of feeling blue, it’s time to take self-help action before greater anxiety or full-blown depression sets in. Here is a depression self-help plan for breaking your sad cycle in just three days.
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Even though more and more women are adopting a healthy lifestyle, there are still many individuals who have not changed the habits that can become major concerns later in life. Here are a few common factors that can sabotage your longevity:
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Lack of exercise
- Poor stress management
- Lack of quality sleep
A recent study found that, out of 150,000+ individuals surveyed, only 3% actually maintain a healthy lifestyle. We live in a fast-paced society. Multi-tasking is the norm, and we tend to turn a blind eye to the messages our bodies are sending us. Lack of proper nutrition and exercise makes us more vulnerable to injury and disease – especially as we age.
The start of a new year is the perfect time to focus on longevity, and begin making small, incremental changes that will contribute to a long and healthy life!
