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Avocado Chicken Salad

So, it came to my attention that as open as I am to my diet, there are a few items that I don’t think I can bring myself to eat. One of those things is mayo. You see, I can’t find a way to put it in my food that makes me feel like it’s worth the calories. Mostly it’s because I know I’ll put on way more than one serving if I get my hands on a jar of it. Some day I’ll tell you about my childhood and how much mayo I’ve consumed in my lifetime so far.

So I’ve been thinking of a way that works in my favor, and I think I came up with something that will work. I needed something creamy, something with some nutritional value, and something that I wouldn’t notice the mayo was missing. A light bulb went off. Duh! Avocado!!

So I looked for the ripest avocado that I could find and began mashing it up until it was smooth. I ended up using a ladle since I couldn’t find my potato masher. Innovation at it’s best! In that went one teaspoon of lime juice, sea salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder. I mixed that, then threw in some minced celery, orange pepper, green pepper, and finally the minced chicken. With bit of diced tomatoes, rolled in a wrap, I mean that was a serious chicken salad wrap!

Want to try it? Let me know how it came out!

Avocado Chicken Salad

Gather the goods:
2 cooked chicken thighs, no bones, no skin (minced)
1 piece of celery (minced)
1/4 cup minced peppers (orange, green)
1 Roma tomato, diced
1 tsp lime juice
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 a ripe avocado, mashed
1 flour tortilla wrap

Thoroughly mix together all ingredients except the tortilla. Fill tortilla with mixture, roll wrap, enjoy.

April 5, 2013 by Roni

Food, Savory

Sweet Potato Home Fries

I think I lost a week of my life. And I blame Comcast. The Watchathon week got me. You see, for a week they let me watch whatever I wanted on television. That meant that I got to watch the first two seasons of Girls that I never saw and become completely engrossed in watching Shameless. It also meant that I needed to find some leftover food in my kitchen and turn it into something so I wouldn’t starve.

Luckily I had sweet potatoes on hand. So I made some home fries, spicy home fries. Plus, they’re Paleo sweet potato home fries, even thought that was not the goal at the time I made them.

Sweet Potato Home Fries

1 sweet potato, diced,
1/2 sweet onion, fine diced,
1 tsp cayenne pepper,
1 tsp black pepper,
1/2 tsp salt,
1 Tablespoon salt

In a frying pan, melt butter. Add diced onions, sweet potatoes, and seasonings. Saute on medium-low until onion is cooked through and sweet potatoes are crispy and browned. Time, about 20 to 25 minutes.

April 3, 2013 by Roni

Food

Crepes galore

Someone buy me a crepe maker. I just went out with friends for a ladies brunch and we had the most delicious crepes at Silver Moon Creperie in Dover. There’s news that they are closing at some point, so we had to go before they shut down for good.

It’s one of the tiniest places I’ve ever been too, a tiny little door tucked into a side street. The inside is bright and cheery, but there’s only room for maybe 20 people, max, before you’re sitting on a stranger’s lap. Hence why a group of five of us took up a quarter of the restaurant. But the food is great, quick, and delightful. You really can’t go wrong with crepes.

I ended up with a swiss, tomato, and turkey crepe. So delicious. Now I just need to invest in that crepe maker. I was looking at this one (click), any suggestions on a good brand?

March 30, 2013 by Roni

Food, Savory

California Turkey Tacos

I cringed at the thought of turkey bacon when Jess brought it over for breakfast the other morning. The last time I had it, we cooked it for 40 minutes hoping it would crisp. It just sat there, a wobbly mess and a poor excuse for a piece of bacon. Since that day, I vowed never to have turkey bacon again. But Jess insisted, so I let her go.

It wasn’t that bad. For some magical reason, she knows how to make turkey bacon crispy, or maybe they’ve just perfected it since that fateful day. Either way, a half a pound of turkey bacon was left in my fridge and I had no idea what to do with it. I mean, if I’m going to have eggs and bacon for breakfast, I’m going for the real stuff.

So I was poking around the fridge for a dinner idea yesterday, and I eyed my avocado and the ground turkey sitting there all lonely. Then it hit me, tacos. But not any tacos, California-inspired tacos.

So I cooked up a piece of turkey bacon for each taco, one a piece. Then threw a quarter pound of turkey into the saute pan, added cayenne, garlic powder, cumin, and black pepper until it started to taste like the tacos I know. While that browned, I sliced an avocado up and diced a tomato.

I microwaved the flour tortilla for 30 seconds, then topped it with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese, the slice of bacon, ground turkey, tomato, and avocado. It looked delicious. So I pushed away my fears of turkey bacon and took a bite. It was amazing, and I will totally be making these again. Hands down was healthier than when I usually make tacos and I got the illusion of bacon. Fabulous! Try them and let me know what you think.

California Turkey Tacos

You’ll need for four tacos:
1/4 pound of ground turkey
4 slices of turkey bacon
4 flour tortillas
half an avocado
1 or 2 Roma tomatoes
shredded cheddar cheese mix

March 24, 2013 by Roni

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