A Healthy Recipe for your New Year’s Eve Party from the Kitchen of Mrs. Proodian

This past Wednesday, I shared some delicious and nutritious foods that your friends and family will love when everyone gets together for the holidays. My wife, Stacy, a fantastic cook who loves to prepare delicious, healthy meals for our family, reminded me about a recipe she makes for roasted corn and avocado dip. It is so good, and good for you, that I had to share it.

This recipe for roasted corn and avocado dip, inspired by the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites cookbook, is easy to make and always gets rave reviews.

• 1/2 cup corn, fresh or frozen
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 minced jalapeño pepper (use gloves!)
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 1 tablespoon cumin powder
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 fresh tomato, cubed
• 1 fresh avocado, cubed
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• salt and pepper

Preheat broiler. Combine corn, garlic, jalapeño, onion, cumin, olive oil, salt and pepper in a pan and roast under the broiler until the corn turns golden brown. Give it a toss while browning.

While the roasted corn mixture is cooking, add the cubed tomato and cubed avocado to a separate bowl and toss with the lime juice and apple cider vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Remove the roasted corn mixture from the broiler and allow to cool. Combine with the avocado and tomato mixture, and add salt and pepper to taste. If you like a little extra kick, add a dash of cayenne pepper. Serve your roasted corn and avocado masterpiece with organic, low-fat tortilla chips and cut veggies.

This recipe is healthy, easy, fast, and most of all, DELICIOUS! Look for more healthy recipes from Stacy in the coming year. From our family to yours, have a happy and healthy 2013!

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Dr. James Prood­ian is an accomplished chiropractic physician and health educator who founded Proodian Healthcare Family of Companies to help people feel better, function better, and live longer. His expertise for the past two decades has been in physical rehabilitation, and he has successfully established himself as a spinal specialist. In his practice, he advocates the science of functional medicine, which takes an integrative approach to treating patients by addressing their physical, nutritional, and psychological needs. Alarmed by the escalation of complex, chronic illness in our country, Dr. Proodian has been speaking to companies and organizations through his “Wellness at Work” program since 1994, motivating thousands of people to make positive lifestyle choices and lead healthier, more productive lives. He can be heard weekly on his radio program, “Proodian Healthcare By Design,” on Tandem Radio.