I am in LOVE with a new recipe I have come up with. I REALLY like Qdoba Mexican grill and mainly because of their lime cilantro rice (not to mention their queso sauce). So, the other day I was craving Qdoba, but their portion sizes are just huge and I knew if I went there to get a burrito, I would eat the whole thing! I decided to make my own! I looked up a recipe for lime cilantro rice, tweaked it a little bit and made it. The rice recipe is as follows:
- 2 cups of cold water
- 1 cup on long grain white rice
- 1/2 tbsp butter
- juice from 1 whole lime
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- dash of salt
Pour the 2 cups of cold water into a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Once boiling stir in rice and butter. Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 15-20 minutes or until rice has soaked up all the water. After rice is cooked and right before serving mix in the lime juice and cilantro. Enjoy!
OK, so then I took a whole wheat tortilla and placed a decent amount of rice in the middle placed 1/8 cup of quesadilla cheese on top of the rice. I then took some heated seasoned black beans and placed them on top of the rice and cheese then topped the beans with another 1/8 cup of cheese. I then placed lots of fresh lettuce and a couple black olive slices in the burrito. I put a dab of fat free sour cream and then some verde sauce on top rolled it up and enjoyed!
I made some pretty amazing fresh fruit crepes for my husband and I for breakfast this morning. They are super easy to make and taste wonderful. The ingredients are as follows:
For the crepes:
1 cup of all purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup of milk
1/2 cup of water
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter melted
Fruit:
I use fresh strawberries, bananas and kiwis are really good in it as well although I didn't use them today.
Topping:
Low fat strawberry yogurt
Granola
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon
I LOVE this granola recipe. You can add so many different ingredients to make it exactly what you like.
Ingredients:
8 cups of old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup of brown sugar (I use dark)
1/2 cup of water
4 tsp of pure vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
2 cups of your favorite nut (I use walnuts, pecans and pistachios)
Dried fruit (optional) (I really like orange flavored cranberries purchased from Trader Joes)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment or wax paper and set aside. Place water and brown sugar in a medium sized microwave safe glass dish. Stir and then microwave for 5 minutes. Remove from microwave, give a quick stir and add vanilla and salt. In a very large mixing bowl combine oats, nuts and the already prepared brown sugar mixture. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Pour onto cookie sheets in an even layer and cook in over for 45 minutes to an hour or until granola is crunchy and golden. When the granola comes out of the oven and is still warm mix in the dried fruit. After it completely cools, store in an airtight container.
ENJOY!
