Recipe: Toast with Hummus & Avocado

Lately I've been eating this super easy dish a lot! You only need four ingredients and I find that it is great for lunch or even a post workout snack. I mean, who am I to say when you can eat it? I bet it would make a darn yummy breakfast too! 

Ingredients: 

2 slices of whole grain wheat toast

1 organic avocado

roasted red pepper hummus (or hummus flavor of choice) 

4 or so mint leaves, chopped 

Directions: 

Toast your bread slices. Chop mint leaves and pit avocado then slice long ways. Spread a thick layer of hummus on toast then top with avocado slices and sprinkle with mint leaf. That is it! 

Have you ever tried this avocado toast combo? What is your favorite avocado toast recipe? 

Recipe: Gluten Free White Enchilada Slow-Cooker Casserole

I recently stumbled upon this great slow-cooker recipe over on Allrecipes, but I decided it alter it so it was gluten free. I also changed the toppings so my family would love it and let me be the first to tell you, this one is a major crowd-pleaser! Plus it is so easy to make, which for this mom on-the-go is a double win. Here is what you will need: 

Ingredients:

• 15 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts (I used organic breasts) 
• 1 (26 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped (optional)
• 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
• 1 (7 ounce) can diced green chile peppers (optional) 
  

• 15 flour tortillas
• 3 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) can sliced black olives (optional)
• chives for garnish (optional)
• black pepper to taste
  
  

Directions: 

1. Place chicken in a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Continue to boil until the chicken is done, about 10 minutes. Drain, allow chicken to cool, and cut into small pieces.
2. Place chicken pieces in a large bowl. Stir in soup, garlic, sour cream, and green chiles.
3. Spray the inside of slow cooker lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
4. Tear tortillas into pieces, and arrange half of the pieces in one overlapping layer across the bottom of the slow cooker. Arrange half of the chicken, half of the soup, and half of the cheese on top. Repeat with remaining tortillas, chicken, soup, and cheese. Top with black olives.
5. Cook on Low setting for 3 to 4 hours. Top with chives.

My kids are obsessed with this one. Honestly, all four of us are! Everyone has been begging me to make it weekly, so this recipe is quickly becoming a winter staple over here.  Is this a recipe you would try? What is your favorite slow-cooker recipe? 

Recipe: Eggplant Pizza

I have wanted to try eggplant pizza for as long as I can remember, so that's just what I did. To start, I looked all over the Internet for the perfect recipe. The thing is, not one recipe was the same! This honestly confused me so I did what anyone would do, I made up my own! Here's what I did.



Ingredients:

2 organic eggplants
organic pizza sauce
toppings of choice (I used organic spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes)
shredded cheese of choice (you could also use cheese slices!)
extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
garlic powder



Directions: 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Slice and arrange eggplants on baking sheets (slices should be 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick). Brush olive oil on both side of eggplant and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Remove the baked eggplant from your oven, and turn the broiler on. Spread pizza sauce over each eggplant crust, followed by toppings of choice and cheese. Sprinkle garlic powder over top and put under broiler for 3-5 minutes. Make sure you check it often as the broiler will cook fast and you don't want to burn your cheese. Serve while hot.

In the end, they turned out super yummy! Next time I make it, I will probably take off the outer skin as I ended up not eating that. I have also read that some people like to put these between 2 slices of their favorite wheat toast. Sounds fun, right? Is this a recipe you would try? Share your favorite eggplant recipe in the comments section! 

Easy Dinner Idea

Some days you are just super busy! And some days you forget you need to make dinner for your family! lol 

No, but seriously, I have a few go-to meals for days that just get away from me. Here is one of my families favorites, Pizza Bagels. They are super easy to make and you can eat them healthy(ish)....well, it's better then that processed frozen stuff! ;)

Here's what you will need: 
-Whole Wheat or Gluten Free Bagels
-Organic Mozzarella Cheese
-Pizza sauce (you can make homemade!)
-Garlic powder (or fresh garlic)

 

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

-Cut bagels and place on a cookie sheet. 

-Add sauce to each bagel half and top with as much cheese as you want. 

-Sprinkle with garlic powder.

-Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until cheese it to your liking. 

Here is the finished product:

Do you ever make your own pizza bagel? What are your go-to's for easy dinner ideas?

Recipe: Avocado Turkey Bacon Burgers

Sometimes I forget I have to make dinner. OK, that sounds bad, but it's summer so the kids are home all day and we are go, go, go! Generally around 3:00 pm, at least twice a week lately, I realize I have not planned a meal. Enter avocado turkey bacon burgers. 

Sometimes you need to improvise. For example, this day I had ground turkey, an avocado, bacon, a tomato, some spices but no buns. But I had bread and butter and garlic, so garlic bread toast it is! 

Here is what you will need: 

-Ground turkey

- 1 Avocado, diced

- 3 Splashes of Worcestershire sauce 

-Sea salt to taste

-Black pepper to taste

-Onion or onion powder to taste
-Cheese (optional) 

- Bacon (optional)

-1 Tomato (optional)

Directions:
1) Mix ground turkey, avocado, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
2) Form into patties.
3) Grill.
4) While burgers are on grill, fry bacon on stove top. 

Garlic Toast:

-bread (we used whole wheat and gluten free)

-butter or margarine 

-garlic powder

Directions: 

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2) Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and lay out each slice of bread.
3) Put butter on each slice and sprinkle with garlic powder.

4) Put in oven for 7 minutes then broil an additional 2-3 minutes

 

Assemble the burgers by adding cheese and tomatoes too! 

Here is the finished product: 

I have to say, no one thought I forgot dinner this night! In fact I've made it again since using buns this time and grass fed beef. 

Do you like avocado burgers? Do you ever get so caught up in the daily grind that you have to improvise come dinner time?