One of my favorite foods in the whole wide world is avocado. It's a great thing to love because they have nearly 20 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, Vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid. The only thing that I need to be careful with is that they are loaded with calories as well. One whole medium sized avocado is a whooping 250 calories! I was recipe searching back in April and came upon a mango-avocado salsa that I just had to try. We've had mango salsa many times before, but adding avocado was a whole new ball game. It was quite simple... cubed avocado, mango (I used frozen), and tomato, plus some diced red onion. Mix it all up and there you go. I served it over BBQ grilled chicken. Usually we have our chicken smothered with BBQ sauce, but this time I only marinaded it in some Budwiser brand BBQ sauce. Millard put it on the grill and held off on the extra sauce. It was a good choice. Our sides were sauteed a mix of fresh and frozen peas and asparagus.
Every time we go grocery shopping Christian wants to buy ‘Lunchables’. I’ve usually let him pick out one or two, but last night I decided to make our own. I used a ‘Pampered Chef’ cutter and ‘Sociable’ crackers. It only took a few minutes to pick out 8 of the same shaped crackers and to cut the ham and cheese. Daddy helped too by prepping the carrots & celery. I used to give Christian ranch dip to go with his veggies, but he would leave the dip and eat the veggies plain. Works for me.
awesome idea! I've never thought to make my own lunchable. The kids like having them as a treat, but they're expensive.
ReplyDeleteThey can be expensive...especially if your buying 3 like your family.
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