I love avocados. LOVE might be a better way to express my deep infatuation with this delicious and nutrient rich food. Thank you, God, for creating this fruit!
A few of my favorite ways to enjoy avocado:
1. Spread slices on lightly toasted bread.
2. Garnish on every Mexican dish you can think of!
3. Add to mashed black beans and wrap up in lettuce leaves.
Any way you slice, mash or cube it, enjoy some avocado today!
Celebrating a work success so out we go to dinner, a rare occasion these days for our little family. The Ramen Soup 🍜was easily the best dish of the night! Although the sushi 🍣 was welcomed because I rarely have it anymore. The Naruto roll had a lovely light sweet sauce, the Avocado Bomb filled with spicy fish was quite the mouthful, stay away from the Tornado because way too greasy with fried roll – although the pile of fried noodles in the middle was impressive!
I love big green salads that are loaded with various toppings. With my love of Asian food comma combining Asian flavors with a green salad is the best of the best for me! The nice thing is that my family also enjoys this salad because they get to build salad with the toppings that they like most.
Ingredients:
2 heads of romaine lettuce, cut into bite side pieces
1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 red bell pepper, thin sliced or diced
4 stalks celery, cut in 1/4″ diagonal pieces
1/2 bunch cilantro, rough chopped
1 can Mandarin oranges, drained (Note: If you’re making your own Asian Salad Dressing save this juice)
1 avocado, cut into cubes
2 cups cabbage, shredded (Note: I prefer Napa cabbage, but any cabbage will do)
Peanuts, chopped
Crunchy chow mein noodles
Seasame seeds
Litehouse Toasted Sesame Ginger Salad Dressing
For the meat eaters, you can readily add meat such as canned chicken, diced grilled chicken (especially teriyaki marinated) or shrimp.
Directions:
1. Chop and prepare each ingredient, placing in different bowls.
2. Have a stack of plates on the counter ready for each person to use and then build their own salad.
3. This salad goes great with egg rolls or pot stickers, both of which I have found good options at Costco in the freezer section.
4. You can certainly serve this salad as a side dish, for example if you are grilling chicken breasts or steaks if you want a lighter more tangy salad to accompany the grilled meat.
You can certainly make your own Asian salad dressing too, but we love the Litehouse brand Toasted Sesame Ginger dressing.
I’ll see you at the table!
My son’s school lunch today: mystery meat ravioli, potato wedges, strawberry milk and apple slices. I asked him, “Do you like school lunch?”. His response coupled with wrinkled up nose, “No! It’s gross and tastes bad. The only thing I eat are the apple slices and cookie.”
The genesis of this recipe came from TasteMade, but of course I look for ways to reduce sugar and make it easier because in our house we don’t seem to need the heavy sugar taste so I omit where I can!
Ingredients:
1 can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 med size granny smith apple, peeled and sliced into 8 pieces
1 egg, scrambled
Directions:
I’ll see you at the table!
Baby girl wanted a fried oyster po’ boy sandwich for dinner…. She’s definitely part Californian! And I gotta admit that I enjoyed every bite too! 
Sometimes all you need is a little coffee cake.
Food Truck lunch today at the Winter Farmer’s Market… Tofu with chipotle mole sauce and piled high with tangy crisp cabbage slaw on blue corn tortillas.
Introducing my step daughters to boba drinks.
Dinner with one of my favorite people on the planet @suprbell. So grateful for a good friend! Lots of yummy gourmet pizza combos, but I went for a build-your-own with spinach, mushrooms, black olives, garlic, artichoke hearts. No cheese to keep it vegan. Pretty good thin crust pizza for Bountiful, Utah! 😉
