Bike it to the MAX in June Ghoulies!!! (Page 60)

Ok, I am meeting free for a while.  Today I am going to share 2 easy, no-cook, veg recipes that I think you might like.  I'm always looking for meals that don't require the oven/stove this time of year.

Creamy Avocado and White Bean Wrap

2 tbs     cider vinegar
1 tbs     canola oil
2 tsp     finely chopped canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce
1/4 tsp  salt
2 cups   shredded red cabbage
1 med   carrot shredded
1/4 cup cilantro
1 15 oz can white beans (rinsed)
1 ripe avocado
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 tbs   minced red onion
4      8 to 10 inch whole wheat pita wraps


1) Whisk vinegar, oil, chile and salt in a medium bowl.  Add cabbage, carrot, and cilantro.  Toss to combine

2) Mash beans and avocado in another medium bowl with a potato masher or fork.  Stir in cheese and red onion

3) Spread 1/2 cup of bean-avocado mixture onto a wrap.  Top with 2/3 cup of slaw.  Roll up.

Makes 4 wraps.

Calories   411
Total Fat  18 g  (good fat from avocado)
Sat   Fat    4 g
Total Carbs 50g
Dietary Fiber 13g
Protein  13g 

Yes, you will be MUCH wiser tomorrow (absent any brain cells you kill tonight.) 

No cook recipe #2  Tijuana Torta

1 can black beans, rinsed
3 tbs  salsa
1 tbs  chopped pickled jalapeno
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 ripe avocado
2 tbs minced onion
1 tbs lime juice
1 16 - 20 inch long baguette
1 1/3 cup shredded green or red cabbage

1)  Mash beans, salsa, jalapeno and cumin in a small bowl.  Mash avocado, onion and lime juice in another small bowl.
 
2)  Cut baguette into 4 equal lengths. Split each half horizontally and pull out most of the soft bread, leaving mostly crust.  (Alternatively, you could use whole wheat tortillas that you picked up for prior recipe and serve burrito style.)  Divide bean paste avocado mixture and cabbage evenly among sandwiches.  

354 Calories
Total Fat  9g
Sat Fat    1g
Tot Carb   60g
Protein     17g

 Ok, that is my culinary contribution for the day.  I am making myself hungry.  This may have been a mistake.

YUM and YUM... But, yes, now I am hungry and it is a long time till lunch.

Where are the recipes that don't involve vegetables?

Haha...Aww. Thanks Neal.

I feel less crazy today...so far...But that could just be me tired. Haha.

Less crazy day Toppage!!

I just left my comp on Mountain time...so every now and then I have a panic attack when I look at the time...then I realise that its an hour ahead and no worries. Haha. (Yes I know its super easy to change on the computer...but we all know I'm crazy like that )

Sorry 'bout that Ann!  For me, that would be a cheese pizza I guess.  Hard to eliminate veggies when you've already taken meat and fish off the menu.   

I'm a veggie. I know you don't care for seafood (I am prettty sure) so other folks will have to help you with that.
I can do drink recipes though!

I was not sure that was possible!

I think pretty much everything (well not everything, but most main lunch/dinner) I make has veggies in it...so when you make a sandwich its just meat and cheese? Do you eat beans?

Kim--Sounds like a good recipe! Yum yum!

I put on an excellent less crazy day face!

No beans.

I eat meat and bread and PIZZA!

aaahhh... its a day to wear make-up, then!

That seems like a limited diet to me...haha...Do you take a multivitamin then?

I don't know if I know how to put it on anymore...haha...I haven't worn it forever! I usually think "ya, I'll put it on today" then when it actually comes down to it I'll cop out and be lazy.

I feel some days that I should be putting it on--presentations, when I'm meeting profs, when I'm meeting patients in school...then I'll be lazy and not...haha...

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I probably should. I was lectured the other night about my diet.

Haha...ya...I just don't want you to come down with scurvy or something like...clotting problems (vit K), vision problems (vit A)...premature wrinkles (vit E)...haha...random free radical damage (all the antioxidant thingies--yes, science word=thingies)



vitamins!!!!! woooohoooooo

Ann, I used to be pretty sporadic about taking vitamins mostly because getting out of the house in the morning is a bit like T1.  Anyhow, I just brought them all to the office and keep in the drawer of my desk.   Chances of me remembering to take them sometime during the day is pretty good.

Hey Ghoulies, just a quick check-in before I go and give one of my applicants a fitness test. I hope everyone's having a nice day, and I'll check in when I get back.

I have been taking a B Complex with Vitamin C and D in the mornings when I take my arthritis medicine. I used to take a Flintstone vitamin when I'd think of it, but now the kids take gummy vitamins and I don't like them.

Hi Tom

Anne here are some wayw to get the nutrition of veggies without having the flavor, texture or smell of them if you can't abide them.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1243403/how_to_hide_vegetables_in_food.html
http://www.healthrecipes.com/nutrition_in_foods.htm

Oooooo...I forgot to tell everyone: I bought myself new sunglasses on Sat. Oakley Flak Jacket! WOooooo!

I had borrowed stole a pair of my dad's cheapo glasses because I lost my set of cheapo glasses in Vancouver somehow when I did the half marathon. My dad's pinched like crazy when I was riding and would steam up during running...so I have now amended the situation. Haha.