Lunch: Avocado Veggie Sandwich

Avocado is full of healthy, monounsaturated fat that is good for your cholesterol and will not raise your blood sugar. This is a veggie sandwich, but if you really need your meat you could add turkey or chicken.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Sunflower Seeds

Health benefits of Avocado Veggie Sandwich

Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium.

Ingredients

1 avocado, cored and cut in half
4 tablespoons sunflower seeds
½ large cucumber, sliced
4 radishes, sliced
2 roma tomatoes, sliced
4 whole-wheat sandwich thins (about 1 ½ ounces each)

Instructions

Gently remove the insides of the avocado from shell. Cut avocado into thin slices
Spread ¼ of the avocado slices on bottom piece of sandwich thin. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds. Top with 4-5 cucumber slices, 4-5 radish slices and 3 tomato slices. Place top piece of sandwich thin on sandwich.
Repeat process for remaining 3 sandwiches.
MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: If you need this recipe to be gluten-free, serve it on whole-grain gluten-free bread.

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