Go Red and Yellow on Your Autumn Table and Go Green in Your Diet - Avocado Bacon Tomato Melt - Gracious Goodness

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Avocado-Bacon Tomato Melt
4 English Muffins (split in two)
1 Avocado (ripe), peeled, pitted, sliced and lightly dipped in lemon juice
1 large Tomato, sliced thin
Coarse salt
1/4 cup Fresh Basil, chopped
8 slices thick bacon (baked until crisp)
Havarti Cheese, sliced thin
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Fresh ground Black Pepper
¼ cup Mayonnaise with ½ tsp Chili Powder and 1 tablespoon Sugar added
Preheat oven broiler to high. Under the broiler, toast English muffin halves on a baking sheet until golden brown. Remove from oven. Spread each muffin half with mayonnaise and top with sliced avocados, bacon and sliced tomatoes; lightly salt the tomatoes. Sprinkle chopped basil over the tomatoes. Put a layer of Havarti cheese over the basil, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, and top with black pepper. Broil the prepared muffin halves for approximately 2 minutes or until cheese has melted. Remove from oven and enjoy!
A survey conducted by the National Cancer Institute demonstrated that ounce per ounce theglutathione content in our avocados is three times that of bananas, apples, cantaloupes, grapes, plumsand cherries. Glutathione functions as a buffer neutralizing acids that can cause damage to cells in the body during the process of aging, heart disease and cancer.Numerous studies have linked glutathione to the prevention of various types of cancer, including cancer of the mouth and pharynx and also heart disease. Avocados are rich in nutrients, with vitaminsA, B-complex, C, E, H, K and folic acid. They also contain the buffering minerals so critical inneutralizing excess acidity, magnesium, copper, iron, calcium, potassium and many other traceelements. Research has shown that avocados are the highest fruit source of lutein among the twenty most frequently consumed fruits. In addition to the new prostate cancer reduction findings, lutein is also known to protect against eye diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness.
Today is National Avocado Day and if you have never tasted an avocado anyway but in guacamole, I hope you will give this sandwich a try.

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