I’m all for snacking on appetizers, but there’s nothing worse than filling up on junky food that spoils your appetite, and worse, isn’t great for your gut bugs!

Here are two of my favorite comfort foods that are loaded with the pre-biotic fiber your gut microbiome will love to eat.

What is prebiotic fiber?

It’s the undigestable plant fibers that feed the probiotics (or good bacteria) living inside your large intestine. The more prebiotics your probiotics have to chow down on, the more efficiently these living bacteria will work and the healthier your gut will be!

Enjoy these two recipes at your next party or potluck and I promise you will wow your guests taste buds, and their gut bugs.

Kumquat Guacamole

If you're passionate about guac like I am, you want it fast but you might not want the hassle of preparation.

To combat this challenge I discovered the quickest, and yummiest, method of prepping this staple snack, with a twist - kumquats!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 avocado

  • 2 kumquats - diced finely, remove pits

  • onion powder to taste

  • garlic powder to taste

  • sea salt to taste

  • optional squeeze of lime to taste

  • cassava chips - I recommend the brand, “Artisan Tropic”

  • Optional: Hot sauce

Directions:

  1. Mash avocado into medium bowl.

  2. Add onion powder, garlic powder, salt, optional lime, and diced kumquats.

  3. Serve with cassava dipping chips.

  4. Optional: Serve with your favorite hot sauce sprinkled on top

Japanese Sweet Potato Fries

You may have noticed from my social media feed that I am smitten and completely obsessed with sweet potatoes.

But not just any sweet potato, Japanese sweet potatoes.

This variety is sweeter and more buttery than the sweet potatoes you may be used to and they just so happen to make a MEAN sweet potato fry!

This treat is sure to wow your friends and family, even hardcore sweet potato haters.

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Ingredients:

  • 3 large Japanese sweet potatoes - cut in strips

  • Avocado oil

  • Sea salt


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. With a large knife french fry cut the sweet potatoes.

3. In a large bowl thoroughly coat the sweet potatoes with avocado oil.

4. Place on a large baking sheet pan and bake until the tops are golden brown and the potato is soft and cooked through - roughly 20 minutes depending on size.

5. With a spatula flip them once and return to oven for an additional 5-10 minutes, until crispy.

6. Remove from oven and toss with sea salt.

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