Easy Taco Salad

I have become addicted to this one, its so quick and easy and tastes great. Mostly healthy too, has a little salt, but you can always go skimpy if you want.
Here's what you need:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 lb lean ground turkey
1/2 an onion, chopped
1 avocado, sliced
1 handfull of cherry tomatoes, halved
2 or 3 heads romaine lettuce, sliced
1 packet low sodium taco seasoning

What to do:
Add olive oil to skillet and heat to medium high
Add onion and heat till they are just starting to get some color on them, four or five minutes
Add turkey and cook until done
While turkey is cooking,clean and chop the tomatoes, avocado, and lettuce
When turkey is done, add taco seasoning and water and bring to a boil
Once boiling, turn heat to low and give sauce a few minutes to thicken
Toss lettuce with tomatoes, top with turkey, garnish with avocado and maybe a little hot taco sauce

Honey Lime Chicken

Tonight was night two of the dinners we froze this weekend. Check out the post on Making Meals Ahead of Time for more info. It was honey lime chicken, and it was good. I was off work today, so I took the premade chicken out of the freezer and threw it in the crock pot about 2:30. Then about half an hour before my wife got home, I put some carrots in the oven to roast and boiled some red quinoa. The chicken was really tender, the honey and pineapple had just started to carmelize, and it was the texture of pulled pork that has smoked on the bone all day (even though it was chicken, and it had been cookin in the crock pot). Some fresh avocado was mixed in with the carrots when they came out of the oven. Sounds like a few steps, but really with the chicken already made, the rest only took me a few minutes to throw together. Will do this one again.

Curry Chicken

We tried the Curry Chicken that we made yesterday, and it was really good. Like I said yesterday, I was a little skeptical, but honestly this stuff turned out nicely. I wondered if it would have enough moisture in it to cook right in the crock pot, and it did. I just took it out of the freezer and threw it in the crock pot on high. After about half an hour I walked by and noticed it was still frozen, so I took a meat tenderizer mallet and hit it a couple times to loosen it up. After that I just let if go for a total of about three hours. Can't be much easier.

I'll post of the rest of the meals from the "Make Meals Ahead of Time" post as we eat them, and let you know how they turn out.

Healhty (Enough) Late Night Snack!

Ok, so you eat healthy stuff all day long, then you sit down to relax and watch some tv before bed and what happens? You want something to eat... but you want something that isn't gonna ruin the whole healthy eating thing you had going on all day. Well, here ya go. You can make these Chocolate covered banana chips during any commercial break, and they only take about half an hour or so to cool down. Not an every night thing, but it is fun and something different. Here is what you need:

1 banana, cut into quarter inch pieces

1 bar of dark chocolate, at least 70%, organic if you can find it, nuts optional

A microwaveable bowl, glass

A small dash of olive oil, just a few drops

Break the chocolate into pieces and put them into the bowl with the olive oil. Put it in the microwave for thirty seconds, then take it out and stir. Repeat this a couple times until the chocolate looks smooth. Then gently dip the bananas in the chocolate and place them into a freezable container lined with foil. I dip some cashews in whatever chocolate is left over after the banana is covered and put them in the freezer with the bananas. Throw it in the freezer for about half an hour, and enjoy... I like them cold but still soft, so don't leave 'em in there too long, or take them out and let them sit for a bit if you are eating ones you have already made.
Friggin yum!