Tag: avocado

Recipe: Loaded Salad

Loaded salads are baaack!

I remember planning for a vegan pregnancy. 2 months into the pregnancy and I craved a hamburger. I still ate a lot of #veggies and fruit, but meat was back on the menu. Salads weren’t satisfying anymore, which totally bummed me out. Any of you who’ve dealt with pregnancy cravings KNOWS what I’m talking about when I say, “What baby wants, baby gets!” Now I’m past breastfeeding and starting to feel more in control of my eating. Enter stage left, the grand and ggloriousLOADED SALAD!! This salad tastes great and fills my belly.
Ingredients per salad:
5 oz lettuce
1 roma tomato, diced
3 sweet mini bell peppers, diced
1/2 cup hummus
3 tablespoons spicy nut mixture
1/4 cup salsa for salad dressing
5-6 kalamata olives, pitted

Directions:
🍅Using large bowl, layer in this order
🍅Lettuce
🍅Salsa sprinkled on lettuce
🍅Hummus in corner with kalamatas on top
🍅 Tomatoes in 2nd corner
🍅Bell peppers in 3rd corner
🍅Peanut mixture in 4th corner

Optional toppings:
Radishes
Avocado
Celery
Carrots
Seeds – chia, sunflower, and/or #pumpkin

Fill your belly and feel great! I’ll see you at the table!

Avocados

avocadosI 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!

Restaurant Review: Osaka Sushi

15048052_1253214634749990_1953915347484540928_nCelebrating 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!

Recipe: Power Kale Salad and Lentil Soup

Power Kale Salad and Lentil Soup for lunch!
kale salad and lentil soup
I’m pretty sure my body has a calcium deficiency right now because I keep waking up in the middle of the night with charlie horses in my calves. So I am adding the plant based calcium today with a big kale salad.
Salad Ingredients:
1 big leaf of Kale, ripped into little pieces
4 leaves of Romaine, ripped into bite-size pieces
1/2 avocado, cubed
1 cup #blueberries
2 tablespoons raw unsalted sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons walnut pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil and balsamic vinegar

Directions:
Wash kale and lettuce thoroughly, towel dry lightly. Using large salad bowl, toss with OO and balsamic vinegar. Then add all the other ingredients. Mix and enjoy the textures and tastes of a nutrient rich salad!

Recipe: Another green smoothie

greensmoothie5Half way through an awesome week! Veggies and fruit keeping me healthy and strong. Today’s green smoothie includes:
Collard greens
Apple
Orange
Half avocado
White grape juice
Water and ice

Recipe: Hummus Tacos

As much as I love to cook, there are days that I want something quick and easy to eat, but still healthy! Today’s

Today’s lunch: Hummus Tacos.


Ingredients per taco:
1 small size tortilla – wheat roll better than corn
1/4 cup hummus per taco
3 tomato slices per taco
1/4 avocado per taco
2 lettuce leaves
Directions:
Tortilla on plate. Spread hummus down middle. Stack tomato, avocado and lettuce. Fold like taco and enjoy! I usually have two for lunch with some fruit on the side. Enjoy!

Recipe: Breakfast Smoothie

Breakfast is served! Start your day off healthy: good fuel in = good output
Spinach, apple juice, avocado, peach, berries, cantaloupe, water, ice