Life has taken many twists and turns in these past several months and I find ourselves slipping in the wrong direction. Despite my best efforts, I rarely prepare a weekly menu. That weekly menu was a huge part of our healthy eating success, as was my blog entries. Keeping this food blog updated kept us honest and challenged us on a daily basis to be more creative. It is time to get this train back on the track and get back to basics. I have just taken inventory or our freezer and am ready to plan out our meal plan for the remainder of this week. Wish me luck!
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.
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