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Healthy Yogurt Avocado Dip

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Last week I went over to my cousin Sarah's for a dinner party. She made enchiladas, yogurt-avocado dip and another friend Joseph made some fancy Spanish rice. The yogurt dip was delicious. So delicious in fact I've thought about it almost daily since. 

Tonight, I made chicken-fajitas on lettuce wraps, exact same recipe as the steak-fajitas, but chicken.

To go along with the lettuce-wrapped fajitas, I also made the yogurt-avocado dip.


Here is what you need. 

Yogurt, Avocados, Lime, Cilantro, Cumin, Garlic, Jalapeño Pepper.

Salt and pepper to taste. 


First, cut up the avocados, though I had four pictured, I only ended up using three.


I put them all in a bowl...


And immediately squeezed half a lime over the avocados because I don't 
enjoy the browning of the avocado.


Then I started mashing and mixing. 

Now, if you had a food processor, it would be much easier to add the ingredients and go.

However, I do not have the luxury appliance, but I do have a good mixing arm.


Add the yogurt.


Add cilantro.


Add cumin.


Add garlic.


Add a jalapeno pepper.

Or more if you want the heat.

Also, salt and pepper to taste. 

If the mixture isn't creamy enough, then add some more yogurt.



Ta-dah! A Yogurt-Avocado Dip. 

(If you put the mixture in a food processor it will be less lumpy.)

You can use it for chips, veggies, put it on a wrap, on a burger, on a wrap.

The possibilities are endless. The world is your avocado. 


Yogurt-Avocado Dip Recipe:

3/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt 
3-4 medium avocados 
1/2 teaspoon of minced garlic 
2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 chopped seeded jalapeño pepper
2 limes 
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Directions: 

1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl or a food processor 
2. Serve with your choice of chips, veggies or use as dressing for a wrap.

Enjoy! 
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A Simply Amazing Sunset

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Funny the things that you can see when you just look around you.


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My Sweet, Cheat Chobani Split Treat

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 For the past few months I've been working with a trainer in a morning program to tone up, de-stress, and just feel fit again. After my first year of grad school working full-time and going to school full time, I wasn't working out and eating really bad things.

Pizza rolls and Dr. Pepper doesn't make for a healthy breakfast. Or, just not everyday.

So in March I started getting up at 5 a.m. three days a week and working out with a bunch of other gals with a trainer. It's early. It's hard. It's worth it.

While I've been working on my fitness, I've also been working on eating smaller meals throughout the day so I'm not starving when I get home from work or school. While I've been working on the nutrition, I fell in love with Chobani yogurt. (Which is weird because about a year ago I hated yogurt.)

In the afternoons or at night, depending on how hungry I am or what my level of 'I need something sweet' is, I eat my sweet, cheat Chobani Split Treat.


First, banana, Chobani yogurt and a clean plate. 

I like the strawberry. 


Cut (or tear) the banana off in a couple of chunks.


I like to add the yogurt right in the middle. 

Strawberry part on top.


THEN. THEN, comes some m&m's. 

Not many, but it's delightfully good with yogurt. 

Cool, refreshing and sweet. 

Perfect afternoon (cheat) treat! 
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As Our Lives Change Come Whatever, We Will Still be Friends Forever

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Growing up and becoming an adult is fun. and hard. and fun. and hard. But when you still have the friends you had when you were five, it's fun. This past weekend my friend Sara, who I have talked about here, had her wedding shower/party. It was like a mini-reunion from our high school group of girls. 

Maegan Clark - Southern Blondie
Amanda, Heather, Sara, Maggie and Me.

Though we were missing a couple of friends (Miss you Marion & Dru!) we were happy to all be together. 

There isn't one memory growing up that doesn't involve one of these girls. We rode around together, fought together, took up for each other, shopped together, and so much more. When we are together now, it's like nothing has changed but everything has changed. We all lead different lives, in different towns, but we all have one thing in common. We are all friends. 


Heather and her boyfrand, Jason. 

Hi sweet couple! 


Maggie and her husband, Blake

They just had a baby girl. She's precious! 


Sara and two of her college friends. 

Lovely ladies! 

Maegan Clark - Southern Blondie
  
Maggie and I. 

Do you know how many pictures I have of us? 

About a thousand.


Sara and her sweet fiance, Scott. 

This guy is funny. Sara did good. She did really good. 


We had to end the night on a sassy side. 

It's just what we do.

Moral of the story? Keep in touch with the friends. They know you the best, forgive you the quickest, and love you the most. 
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Friday Cheats & Rice Krispies Treats

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Every Friday at work now we have a small recognition meeting for an employe who has done something that has positively affected the work of our organization or the work of others. It's a quick pick-me-up to continue to work hard for the mission of the organization. Last Friday someone mentioned that it would be great if we had treats to which I agreed.

Then I volunteered to make the treats.

It was a great idea last Friday, but the reality last night was that it was going to be really hard for me to have time to make anything (1) new (2) difficult (3) time-consuming (4) still had work to do when I got home: when I didn't get home until after 6:30 p.m. from the gym. I left with the best of intentions of work yesterday with three different dessert ideas. Blueberry cheesecake bars. Lemon squares. Rice krispies treats.

Friday Treat Day & I Cheated.

Rice krispies treats won. Three ingredients. Quick. Easy. Except one thing, I had never made rice krispies treats. I just assumed they were easy.

To which you are saying right now, but it's so easy, just three ingredients.

Uh huh.

What happened? Well, I think my butter melted too much and evaporated, I used a pan that was too small, I didn't measure the marshmallows correctly, and I spilt rice krispies all over the floor. That's what happened. Also, I didn't make enough in the pan and it looked really, really sad this morning. So after the gym this morning, I went back to the grocery store to get more rice krispies to try it again. (I still passed out the other ones, but there was a BIG difference.)

What is prettier than marshmallows covered in butter?
What did I learn from this experience?
  1. It's okay to use more butter if you want to. There are no rules. 
  2. You should use a big pan for butter and marshmallows so that your marshmallows can actually melt.
  3. If you spray a piece of foil with cooking spray and then much the mixture in a dish, you won't get your hands dirty. 



Anyways, all is well that ends well. The new, improved rice krispies treat were popular and the boxed brownies were fine enough. Hopefully next week I can organize my Thursday where I can actually make the Blueberry cheesecake bars! 

Happy Friday!

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