Back when we were little girls and boys and our teachers asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, I know we all proudly proclaimed, “I want to be the kind of adult who can enjoy a healthy snack, remedy dry winter skin and look completely foolish in front of my family in one singular act.”
Today, that childhood dream came true for me.
It can for you, too.
You will need:
1 avocado
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
4 Tbsp low-fat yogurt
Salt and black pepper to taste.
Optional:
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- Set aside the salt, pepper and optional items. You won’t need them until later.
- Add the avocado, extra virgin olive oil, and lowfat yogurt to a bowl. DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME. Yes, the caps were necessary. You’ll see.
Just avocado, yogurt and olive oil, right now.
- Combine them until they’re a relatively smooth paste. It’s okay if there are a few small chunks.
- Take roughly 4 tablespoons of this paste and put it in a small bowl.
- Take the small bowl, the one with the 4 tablespoons in it and go to your bathroom. Yes. Your BATHROOM.
- Smear the avocado yogurt paste on your face.
- No, I am not kidding.
I totally smeared dip on my face.
- Go back to the kitchen and add the spices and optional items to the rest of the avocado/yogurt paste that’s in the big bowl.
- Mix spices in the paste well and use it as a dip for tortilla chips, pita chips, or whatever. I love avocados so much that I just eat it with a spoon.
- Sit on the couch while eating the paste and marvel at the fact that you are both consuming and wearing a skin product all at the same time.
- After twenty minutes, get bored and use a warm, wet washcloth to wipe the mask off of your face.
- Rinse well. Very well. Pat dry.
- Apply a light moisturizer.
If you like your dip to have a light tang, you can use low fat sour cream, as well. And, yes, it’ll still be okay to put it on your face.
Multitasking.
It is the essence of underachievement. Because, really, the more things you can do at once right now, the more time you have to sit on the couch and do nothing.
About Faiqa Khan
A fellow avocado lover…covering beauty and eating in one swoop is delish!
This idea actually came about from me just dispensing with chips or a spoon and shoving my face in a bowl of dip.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Now I need to get some avocados.
Twitter Name: DExtraordinaire
Do it… your tummy and your face will thank you.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Question: can I smear this on my ass? Is it good for the occasional butt zit?
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
When is smearing food on your ass NOT a good idea? Really.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Might be fun.. u can get ur luver or friend to lick it off….lol… can we get a healthy in a chocolate cherry flavor??? Hehe
I love this! And it’s sexy too. ;)
Twitter Name: chickybaby
It totally is!! Avocado was considered an aphrodisiac by Aztecs. They use to call it the testicle tree. Google it if you don’t believe me… but just google “avocado” and “aphrodisiac.” I don’t want to be held responsible for what happens if you google “Aztec testicle tree.”
Twitter Name: Faiqa
It’s a brilliant idea, I just don’t know if, after steps one and two, my stomach will want to share with my face.
Twitter Name: jaynecrammond
It really is that good. Also, once you become the kind of person who has smeared your food all over your face… it’s pretty much irreversible. Choose wisely.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Avocados are magic. Deliciously, moisturizingly magic.
Twitter Name: MamaKaren
I know. You can eat them. Slather them on your face. AND pretend like you’re trying to get your kids to eat something healthy and then when they refuse because they’re “mushy and gross”… you can just steal it off of their plate guilt free. Um. That might just be me.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Yum !! I love multitasking !
Twitter Name: kimt205
I know, right? It’s just short of total and complete genius.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
I feel like Jessica Simpson when she was confused about the chicken of the sea. Can you really eat this and use it on your face ??
Haha… no, really, I’m totally serious… you can put it on your face AND eat it. It’s totally true.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
GENIUS.
I bow before you.
Both my face and my stomach send profuse thanks.
HEY EVERYBODY!!
GUESS WHO WINS FOR BEST COMMENT EVER?!
Stephanie, that’s who.
Twitter Name: Faiqa
Omg, these ideas are freaking awesome! Now hubby wants me to get the stuff to make it. Way to get a hubby on board!
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