Lazy Guacamole

We learned quite a lot this past week during our cleanse. I think we both went into it a bit scared to see what eating nothing but fruits, veg, nuts, coffee, and dark chocolate would be like. We've decided that it's not as bad as it sounds-we have since begun incorporating grains back in-I chose to first incorporate blueberry oatmeal while Jon went with a buttered DD bagel (just to give you an idea here).

We definitely came out of last week with several vegan recipes that we plan to tweak and keep on rotation for regular dinners. One of those things was what I have dubbed, "Lazy Guacamole". I have an unhealthy obsession with avocados and would happily eat them daily, and this recipe is so easy, that I probably could. 

I call it lazy because it doesn't require chopping onions (which I really don't care for in their raw state), and I chose to use halved grape tomatoes-thus, we have lazy guacamole!

Ingredients

• 1 pitted avocado
• 10-15 grape tomatoes cut in half
• 4 TBSP of sweet corn
• 4 TBSP of black beans
• juice from 1/2 lime
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Anything else you wish to add in! 

Instructions

• Pit avocado and cube-be very careful if you are holding the avocado and slicing into it. The best way to practice is to use soft, almost over ripened avocados and cube them with a butter knife.
• Heat corn and black beans until warm on stove or in microwave
• While heating, slice grape tomatoes in half and add to bowl with avocado
• Once warm, add corn and beans, chili powder, and salt
• Mix all ingredients together (TIP-I used a hand dough blender to do so, here)
• Squeeze lime juice over the top and toss quickly
• Enjoy! 

A Post About Toast

We all enjoy the humble piece of toast on occasion. Be it a dry piece when we have a stomach ache or an overly buttered piece from your favorite diner, but how many times do we take the time to really dress up our toast and enjoy it? I decided that I was going to have toast for breakfast everyday for 5 days and report the results.

I was determined to find different (healthy-ish) ways to enjoy toast and I feel pretty confident that I succeeded-and I didn't just throw some eggs on that ish either! All of the below variations include foods that are common in most households and do not require anything more that toasting your bread and slicing some fruits! Tell me you favorite toast recipe, I'm always looking for ways to spice up my breakfast!

Monday- Sliced avocado with alfalfa sprouts and fresh salt and pepper

Tuesday-Sliced Bananas over peanut butter with sprinkled chia seeds

Wednesday- Sliced pears drizzled with honey and topped with chopped pecans

Thursday- Multi grain toast with flavored butters (Honey/Orange and Strawberry)

Friday-Sliced apples with crumbled blue cheese

My husband would like you all to know that he titled this post. I had it tentatively titled as "Toast Swag" and he insisted that "A Post About Toast" is far superior. So here we are, folks.