March 13th

Tip # 13: Eat more green!
In preparation for St. Patrick's Day on March 17th, focus on eating more green foods this week.

My favorite snack is homemade kale chips and guacamole. Take a small bunch of kale and strip the leaves from the stems. Rinse and dry off the leaves. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray like Pam. Lay the leaves across the tray and spray them with Pam as well. Sprinkle with salt. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until they shrink up.

In a bowl, mash up an avocado, a clove of garlic, an 1/8 cup of chopped onion, a small chopped up tomato, a half teaspoon of lime juice and a little salt and pepper to taste. (I add 1/4 cup of non fat plain greek yogurt to add protein and make it more creamy!)

The kale chips tend to be flimsy, so I combine them with a regular tortilla chip and the guacamole. I make the tortilla chips from scratch, doing the same thing with tortillas as I do with the kale leaves to make them crunchy like a chip.

Be creative and get your green on!

Health and happiness!