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March 12 2013

Recreating the Taco salad

I was in a cooking kind of mood yesterday evening. For dinner, I made a Mexican infused version of a taco salad. First, I made Vegan Angela’s healthy hidden broccoli guacamole. (She’s got some great recipes to check out!)

Healthy guacamole
Healthy guacamole

Next, I made a taco salad for dinner in a new way.

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Start with the shells as the base
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Add some warm veggies
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Top with cheese
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Add lettuce and healthy guacamole
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Add salsa and ta da!

Okay so this meal has a faint resemblance to nachos but then again, all the ingredients match up with a taco salad too. Or as comedian Jim Gaffigan says, Mexican food’s great but it’s essentially all the same ingredients – tortilla with cheese, meat, and vegetables.

And speaking of healthy, a cookie for dessert
And speaking of healthy, a cookie for dessert

I picked this cookie up at the grocery store last week and it was pretty good albeit not great. It was very intense so I only ate half (say what?). I topped it with rainbow sprinkles and popped it in the microwave to enjoy. I then spent the rest of the evening watching Mad Men and doing laundry.

This morning I woke up feeling a little tired and decided to let myself sleep in until 7:20. The cooking bug was still rocking so I made some homemade peanut butter. (I hope my neighbors didn’t wake up to the food processor!)

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Homemade peanut butter ingredients

I was conveniently out of peanut butter so I added my homemade version to the jar. I used coconut milk instead of canola oil and found the milk to be a little too sweet. Next time, I’ll stick to my first homemade peanut butter recipe.

My breakfast plus some more pb
My breakfast plus some more pb

This evening, I hope to hit the gym before meeting one of my friends for dinner. I’ll leave you with this motivating article that I read last night in pursuit of strengthening my mind and will power, “How to be great, Part 2: Strengthen the Mind.”

Keep on keepin’ on! 🙂

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