Name: Avocado Tostada with Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 tostadas; 1/2 cup cooked chicken (shredded is best); 0.5 avocado (peel and pit removed); Pinch of salt; 1 tbsp lime juice (or to taste); ½ roma tomato (sliced); 2 tablespoons salsa

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1 Time-Saving Tips

2 Need more meal prep-friendly Mexican food?

3 Avocado Tostada with Chicken Recipe

4 Avocado Tostada with Chicken

As a Mexican-American dietitian, I kind of feel like this avocado tostada with chicken is my version of a quick turkey sandwich.

What I mean when I say that is it’s my go-to lunch–I don’t have to think too hard about it, it takes 5 minutes, and it meets my basic nutrition needs for lunch.

I also like to make tostadas when I have leftover tortillas.

If you’ve been looking for a lunch idea that’s super quick and easy–but still really flavorful and nutritious–check out this avocado tostada recipe.

Plus check out my time-saving tips for how to make this lunch even faster!

Time-Saving Tips

I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can help my fellow Latinos feel more comfortable with meal planning, without sacrificing our favorite cultural foods.

And I think this avocado tostada demonstrates a major strategy I use–you can meal prep by having all the ingredients on hand to throw a meal together in 5 minutes.

You don’t necessarily have to make every single meal ahead of time. So for this avocado tostada I pre-cooked the chicken and the salsa. Everything else, I just had ready to go in my kitchen. When it came time to eat lunch, it took me 5 minutes.

If you want to save even more time, you can make this tostada with mostly store-bought ingredients. Consider buying these ingredients prepared to save the most time:

Buy a cooked rotisserie chicken or pre-cooked shredded chicken.
Buy storebought salsa

You can also save time by serving the chicken cold. Since it’s pre-cooked, you don’t have to reheat the chicken if you don’t want to. I like it warmed up on my comal first, but that’s totally up to you.

Need more meal prep-friendly Mexican food?

You’re in the right place because I live and breathe healthy, simple Mexican meal ideas!

A great place to get started is my blog post on the best Mexican food for meal prepping.

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Avocado Tostada with Chicken Recipe

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