Avacado Egg Sandwich

Happy New Year! This year my motto is- Operation 2012: Desire to Inspire! Each month I plan to do something that inspires you to get healthy!! In January, I am participating in the the Food Network's Healthy Every Week Challenge. Each week the Healthy Eats blog, will be posting articles and recipes on a different healthy thing to do. Week 1 is breakfast. So today's recipe is a fun egg sandwich. Healthy avacado, and tomato slices on whole wheat bread with an egg! Easy! But here's the recipe!


Avacado Egg Sandwich



Ingredients:

1 whole egg (or 2 egg whites, or egg subsitute)

2 slices of whole grain bread, toasted

1/4 Avacado, sliced

2 slices Ripe Tomato

While bread is toasting, scramble egg in a small bowl. In a small fry pan, cook egg as you would cook an omelete, one small circle, until egg is cooked through. Salt and Pepper to taste.



Place egg, tomato, and avacado on toast, and enjoy!

* if you don't like tomatoes in the winter, try a Tablespoon of salsa instead!

Here's to a Happy HEALTHY 2012!

Potato Chips & Avacado Dip

I can see the questioning look in your eyes... is she really going to say we can eat potato chips? Well, these potato chips you certainly can!


Potato Chips and Avacado Dip

 Ingredients:
4 red potatoes (scrubbed clean)
Paprika
Olive Oil Cooking spray
Salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice red potatoes thinly with mandoline (preferred) or a sharp knife (patience and safety, please!). Spray cookie sheet lightly with cooking spray. Place sliced potatoes on sheet, as evenly as possible with little overlapping. Sprinkle potato slices with a little paprika. Bake for 10-12 minutes until desired crispness, turning once with spatula (some slices will stick- it's bound to happen). Immediately sprinkle with 2 small pinches of salt.

Serve with this amazingly easy avacado dip.

Guacamole is not for me. I dislike raw onions and tomatoes, and well, don't even get me started on cilantro! But I love avacados! Here's an easy low fat recipe!

Ingredients:

1 avacado (pitted with meat scooped out)

2 tsp fresh lemon or lime juice

2 Tbls low-fat sour cream or plain greek yogurt (optional)

2 shakes of Red Hot Sauce

Bison Burger with a side of chips and dip

Mash ingredients together with a fork in a small bowl. Season with Garlic Salt and Pepper to taste.

Both recipes make 2-3 servings, more if you use it as a side dish! Pictured here with a bison burger!