The Best Avocado Salsa

6/28/2021

This avocado salsa pairs perfectly with fresh grilled salmon and rice, or can be used as a dip for chips.

It is also great for tacos, burritos, or as a topping for a number of other dishes.

Grilled salmon with avocado salsa and cilantro rice

Season salmon with your favorite seasonings (for this dish, I recommend salt, pepper, and lemon juice), then grill salmon to temperature of your choice. Serve with cilantro rice (recipe coming soon, but you can also just cook rice, add a little bit of butter, salt, and pepper, then mix in fresh chopped cilantro once the rice is almost finished cooking). Top with the avocado salsa recipe below.

This delicious and simple summer staple is sure to find multiple uses on your table!

The Best Avocado Salsa

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Ingredients

3 Avocados
3 Plum Tomatoes
1 Red Pepper
Juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon (depending on how much citrus you like; I prefer juice of 3/4 lemon)
1 Small Red Onion
1/4 cup Cilantro
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Chilli Powder (you can use a bit more if you really like heat)
1/4 tsp Cumin
1/4 tsp Honey
Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

Cut avocado into approximately 3/4 inch cubes or chunks. Place in a large mixing bowl.
Dice tomatoes, red pepper, and red onion, and add to the mixing bowl.
Finely chop cilantro, and add to the mixing bowl. Then add the chili powder, cumin, lemon, and honey.
Lightly stir the ingredients to mix. Add salt and pepper to taste, and stir again.
If you plan to store the salsa, drizzle oil on top, but do not stir. Place plastic wrap on top of the salsa, and up the sides of the bowl, to form a seal. Allowing the salsa to sit for a few hours improves flavors, but is not essential. If you plan to use the salsa immediately, stir the oil into the mixture, and serve.

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Breakfast Quesadilla

3/13/2021

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This easy, kid friendly recipe is simple to customize. You can even hide veggies in it!

Easy Kid Friendly Breakfast

Breakfast Quesadillas

Ingredients

Eggs (you'll need 1-2 eggs per quesadilla)
Milk (just a splash!)
Seasoning of Choice (plus salt and pepper)
Tortilla Wraps
Shredded Cheese
Butter
Olive Oil

Optional: Salsa, Scallion, Cilantro, hot sauce, sour cream, precooked meats, veggies

Instructions

1. Beat eggs, Seasoning, and milk. If using veggies or meats, add these, too (make sure meat is precooked!)
2. Get your pan hot (medium heat), then grease (we use olive oil in a Misto)
3. Pour eggs in. Cook until solid on one side, flip, then cook opposite side. Remove from pan.
4. Add butter and olive oil (which reduces fat/cholesterol and prevents the butter from browning while preserving the butter taste)
5. Add tortilla wrap, then cheese and any additional items (hot sauce, salsa, etc). Finally, add egg.
6. Fold in half
7. Remove from pan, soak up grease with a paper towel
8. Serve with toppings and sides of your choice!

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Easy Weeknight Turkey & Veggie Chili

3/9/2021

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One pot meals are a lifesaver for my busy family. Managing being a working professional, mom, and homemaker keeps me on my toes, and dinner time is one area where efficiency counts. This chili recipe is not only delicious and kid friendly, but healthy and easy!

You may notice cinnamon listed in the ingredients. Look strange to you? I promise, you won't taste it, but you will notice the difference it makes! This tip comes directly from my chef husband... who just happens to have won a local chili contest a few years back.

Here is my family's favorite chili recipe, guaranteed to be a new favorite in your meal rotation!

The Best Turkey and Veggie Chili

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Serves 6-8 | Approximate Prep and Cook Time: 35 Minutes

Ingredients

1lb Ground Turkey
1 lg red pepper
1 lg carrot
1 lg onion (red or yellow)
24oz Diced Tomatoes
3oz tomato paste (1/2 Can)
15oz pinto beans (or other bean of your choice)
3 cloves garlic
¼1/4 cup chicken broth
½ 1 Tbs cumin
½ 1/2 Tbs chili pepper
1/2½ tsp oregano
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/8th tsp cinnamon
Olive Oil

Optional:

Avocado
Cilantro
Scallion
Tortilla Chips
Cheese (Mexican Blend works best)

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Chop pepper, carrots, and onion. Mince the garlic if you are not using pre-minced (which I recommend).
Heat a large saucepot on the stove on medium high heat.
Coat the bottom of pot with olive oil, and once hot, add ground turkey.
Cook turkey until mostly browned, then add onions.
Cook until onions become soft, then add carrot.
Cook for approximately 3 minutes on medium high heat, then add red pepper and garlic.
Cook until pepper starts to soften, the add tomato paste, and seasoning (other than cinnamon); reduce heat to medium. Stir and cook for approximately 1 minute.
Add diced tomatoes and beans. Stir and cook for approximately 1 minute.
Add chicken broth and cinnamon. Cover and simmer on low-medium low heat for 15 minutes
Remove from heat. Dish into separate bowls.
Top with cheese, scallion, cilantro, and avocado. Serve with tortilla chips

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Make Your Own 'Sand' Cups (A Fun Take on Dirt Cups)

7/2/2020

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What kid doesn’t love a dirt cup? And just in time for beach season, here is a perfect take on this classic dessert. Use the ingredients and instructions below, or just get creative and have fun!

What you will need:

Clear plastic cups
Vanilla/Gold/White cake, baked into cupcakes. Slice of top and crumble, leaving the bottoms of the cupcakes aside.
Chocolate chip cookies or sugar cookies, crumbled
Something blue! Use cool whip, whip cream, or vanilla pudding with blue food dye or blue frosting.
Candy toppings: Swedish fish, ‘o’ shaped candy like lifesavers or gummy rings.
More decoration ideas: You can use pop up cocktail umbrellas or plastic beach decorations like these:

Click on images to view product pages. We've not used these items in our own home, but they have great reviews on Amazon and would be great additions to this project.

Cocktail umbrellas

Shells: These are edible!

Surfboard decor

Mermaid sprinkles: These are edible!

You may also like the following products for this activity:

Click on images to view product pages. We've not used these items purchased from Amazon in our own home, but they have great reviews on Amazon and would be great additions to this project.

Swedish Fish

Gummy Lifesavers

Clear plastic 9oz. cups

Instructions:

In three easy steps your child can create this adorable and delicious beach themed dessert.

Place a cupcake bottom at the bottom of the plastic cup.
Add a layer of “blue”, followed by a layer of crumbles of choice (cookie, cake, or both), and a second “blue”
Top with candy and decorations.
ENJOY!!!

MAKE IT EDUCATIONAL!

Many readers already know baking is educational. Measuring helps teach fractions and fine motor skills. Baking helps teach sequences, following steps, highlights cause and effect, and for older children, gives the opportunity to practice reading skills.

So, to use the sand cup activity as a homeschool activity, simply have your children help with baking!

You can use prompts below as a guide, and tailor them to your child's academic level:

1. Read the instructions. What is the first step?
2. First we pour 'x'. What comes next?
3. We need [1/2 cup] of [sugar]. Let's look at the bottom number (the denominator). How many parts make a whole in this fraction? (Answer = 2).
4. What temperature do we need to set the oven at? What do you think would happen if we set it higher? Lower?
5. Let's use the food dye to make new colors! What color do you think yellow and blue would make? What about red and blue? What would happen if we added more [red/blue/yellow/green] to this?
6. The recipe says to bake for 30 minutes? 30 minutes is how much of an hour? (Answer: 1/2 Hour). What if we baked for 15 minute? How many parts of an hour would that be (Answer: 1/4)? How many parts of 30 minutes is 15 minutes? (Answer 15/30, 1/2, etc.).

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