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Black Bean Turkey Burgers with Guacamole Spread and Grilled Tomatoes
I have to admit that I’m not the biggest fan of ground turkey. I think it’s a texture thing. But if I’m going to do ground turkey, it’s got to be a burger. With turkey burgers on the menu this week, I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to spruce them up… but then it hit me today – add black beans and cilantro and top it with guacamole. And then, as if that wasn’t crazy enough, add some grilled marinated tomatoes. Now we’re talking. So if texture was my issue with ground turkey meat, the black beans totally fixed that – it was like the best of both worlds…
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Mexican Shrimp with Cilantro Lime Rice
Last night for dinner, I wanted to try something new with shrimp. My go-to with shrimp is pasta or scampi, but I was wanting my weekly Mexican fix. What to do, what to do… So I decided on shrimp with Mexican seasoning, sautéed with black beans, corn, salsa, lime juice and cilantro. I served it on top of copy-cat Chipotle cilantro lime rice. If I haven’t mentioned before, I LOVE Chipotle – one of my favorite places to eat. Good quality food, reasonable prices, and right across the street from my office makes it good and dangerous. But I digress. This meal qualifies for the 30-minute designation, so it’s definitely…
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Mexican Lasagna
I was in the mood for Mexican today, and since I hadn’t made one in a while, I decided on Mexican lasagna. This is not your typical Mexican lasagna – it’s full of black beans, corn and fresh salsa. This freshness works well with the taco sauce coated chicken and cheese so you’re left with a very balanced dish. I slow cooked my chicken and shred it, but if you used a rotisserie chicken (Mojo flavor, maybe?) or made the chicken ahead of time, the rest of this dish is pretty simple and could certainly be week-night worthy. I paired it with my Spanish Rice and it was the perfect…
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Black Bean Hummus
Yesterday afternoon was spent working on baby shower prep – one of my favorite things to do! I was joined by two ladies who are co-hosting the shower with me, so of course, we had to have snacks. Both of them are gluten-free, and one of them is a vegan, so some of my typical go-to’s were out. I settled on black bean hummus with tortilla chips and either it was really good or we were really hungry because we ate just about the whole thing. This is an easy and tasty recipe that can be thrown together in less than 10 minutes. Hope you enjoy! Black Bean Hummus 1…
