Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Planning a meal around Avocado and Carrots

The Avocado from the co-op was very soft and really needed to be eaten now and there are just lots of the multicolored carrots to be eaten.  So that is what focused this meal plan.

Brown Rice
Black Beans and Corn
     (Crazy easy and involves 1 can of black beans rinsed, 1 can of corn drained, some salsa and warmed).
Homemade guacamole (both avocados, 10 of those grape tomatoes chopped, minced garlic, salt, juice of one lemon)
Mexican Carrot Slaw (shredded 3 carrots of different colors, juice from 2 key limes, 1/8t of cumin and 1/4t cholula sauce)  This wasn't our favorite it was more of a relish than a slaw, but when mixed with the guacamole was very yummy.
Served with a side of corn tortilla chips.
I had orange juice for a drink, because it is a rare treat to just have a juice.  Usually it is water for dinner and maybe a hot tea for an after dinner drink.

There is a bit of everything left over, so it will be featured in lunches the next day.  Although the girl child is having meat she brought home from her grandparents for her lunch and the husband is having red beans and rice that features sausage that he also brought home from his parents.

On the other hand, the husband ordered a copy of his results from his physical so he could fill out a survey for the health insurance.  I read it.  He is now getting strong encouragement to go vegetarian from me.  His overall cholesterol isn't too bad, but the bad cholesterol is high and the good cholesterol is low.   He already should be going dairy free from being lactose intolerant, but hasn't been very motivated despite living with 2 females that have dairy allergies.  Of course I wasn't very motivated and I had an outright allergy myself.



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