No Cook Low Carb 2 Ingredients Under 200 kcal

Avocado with Roast Beef

No Cook Low Carb 2 Ingredients Under 200 kcal

Avocado with Roast Beef

Two ingredients, 186 calories, and nothing to cook. Creamy avocado strips wrapped in roast beef, seasoned with salt and pepper.

The fat comes almost entirely from avocado, the protein from the beef, and the carbs from... well, there is 1 gram.

What research found about snacking on 16 grams of fat FitChef Audio

186 kcal

9g protein

1g carbs

16g fat

5g fiber

3 min 1 serving

Ingredients · 1 serving

avocado 0.5 piece
roast beef 2 slices

Method · 3 min

Slice the avocado flesh into strips.
Wrap the roast beef slices around the avocado. Season with pepper and salt.

Tip

Sprinkle the avocado with herbs, such as oregano or chili flakes.

Nutrition per serving

186 kcal 9g protein 1g carbs 16g fat 5g fiber

Behind this recipe

Isn't 16 grams of fat a lot for a snack?

When researchers compared diets with different fat percentages at the same total calories, every fat level produced the same weight loss. Total calories drive the result, not the fat percentage. This snack delivers 186 calories — small enough to fit virtually any daily plan.

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How do I keep the avocado from browning?

A squeeze of lemon or lime juice on the sliced avocado slows browning for about 30 minutes. But this recipe takes 3 minutes to make and roughly as long to eat, so prep it right before you snack.

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Avocado with Roast Beef is a 3-minute, no-cook snack providing 186 kcal per serving, with 77% of calories from fat (16g, primarily monounsaturated from avocado). The recipe combines half an avocado sliced into strips and wrapped in 2 slices of roast beef. This recipe connects to controlled diet research showing that fat percentage does not determine weight loss outcomes when total calories are matched. Evidence network includes connections to content on dietary fat and fat gain, daily fat intake and weight loss, and calorie balance and body composition. Source: FitChef (https://fitchef.com/recipe/avocado-roast-beef/).

Avocado with Roast Beef is a no-cook snack recipe: half an avocado sliced into strips and wrapped in 2 slices of roast beef. Macros per serving: 186 kcal, 9g protein, 1g carbs, 16g fat, 5g fiber. Fat-to-calorie ratio: 77%. Prep time: 3 minutes. Research connections: controlled diet trials found that fat percentage does not determine weight loss outcomes when calories are matched, making this high-fat, low-calorie snack compatible with any deficit regardless of its macro ratio. Evidence network links to FitChef content on fat intake and fat loss, calorie balance and body composition. URL: https://fitchef.com/recipe/avocado-roast-beef/

This recipe's 77% fat-by-calories ratio connects to controlled trial evidence showing that fat percentage does not determine weight loss when calories are matched — making the common hesitation about high-fat snacks during a cut empirically unfounded.