Vegetarian Tacos:

What you need:

Whole Grain Corn Taco Shells (or soft tortillas-(whatever your preference) 

1 can of pink/red/black beans (your choice, just rinse and drain the beans first)

Cheddar/Jack Cheese, shredded (you can use any cheese you like!) 

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 orange bell pepper, diced

2 red onions, diced (one for the beans, one for the guac!)

6 cloves of garlic, smashed and chopped well (3 for the beans, 3 for the guac)

2 tablespoons of cilantro, chopped (half for beans, half for guac)

2 hass avocados (not a fan of the big ones), cubed and removed from the skin

1 lime (you need the juice of the lime!)

1 jalapeno (seeded if you like- I like it nice and spicy!), diced finely 

2 tomatoes, diced (1 for guac and…well you know the rest) 

2 teaspoons of freshly ground cumin

Salt, pepper to taste

How you make it: 

1. Gather all guac ingredients (avocados, tomatoes, onion, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro and lime) and mix well. Make it as chunky (or not) as you’d like. Season to taste with salt and pepper. **Hint: to add more flavor add a dash of ground cumin and the zest of the lime you just used the juice of!**

2. In a skillet add some good extra virgin olive oil. Let heat up over medium-high heat and toss in onions. Add pinch of salt and let onions soften. Add garlic and stir. 

3. Toss in bell peppers and tomatoes, season with cumin and salt, pepper. Add tomatoes and beans. Let cook for 5-10 minutes. Season more if necessary. Once beans are cooked, toss in the cilantro.

4. Build your tacos!

Just typing this recipe made me hungry!

I hope you enjoy readers! Think about tomorrow’s dinner today and save the stress. 

Peace, love & no beef!

G

Pardon my slack…

I truly enjoy summer. Summer and spring are probably my two favorite seasons. Main reason? I get to be outside and enjoy nature (more so than the other two seasons). I especially love being able to go to the beach and swimming and those other summertime activities. 

But aside from my love of summer, I’ve been completely immersed in working, freelance writing (pieces to come in Parenting Magazine’s Sept & Oct issues!) and getting into nutrition school (yay me). I’m really excited to start my journey at Institute for Integrative Nutrition in September. I can’t wait to be a certified health coach. I am certain that this is part of my journey to becoming a health editor some day. I still have plans to go to culinary school but that’s on the back burner for now. 

Anyways (please pardon my rambling)…I apologize for not posting. I’m trying to post more frequently or at least post something of interest for my new readers. I’m hoping you fab readers will send in some requests so I can post recipes, articles, advice, wisdom, randomness for you! 

I’ll be posting a few things within the next few moments. Look out for those my dear readers!

Peace, love & no beef!

G