It’s What-To-Eat-Wednesday. WooHoo!!

Today I’m giving you one of my favorite dinners. This is one of my favorites for a few reasons – important reasons:

1. Super fast
2. Super easy
3. Awesome Low Carb/High Protein ratio (ideal for dinnertime)
4. It involves guacamole

Okay, so when I have no time, I throw together a little ChickSpinGuac. It never fails to fill me up and give me that perfect full-but-not-stuffed feeling.

I take a piece of Sara’s Spicy & Savory Chicken, since I always have that on hand, pre-made for the week. Then I saute a few nice, big handfuls of spinach in a splash (not a pool) of sesame oil and a few shakes of red pepper flakes (essential!). I pile that on a plate with a big ole scoop of my fresh made guac.

I make my own guac exclusively. I hate the store bought stuff. It doesn’t even taste like avocado. It tastes like salty chemicals to me. If you look at some of the stuff they put in there it’s easy to see why. So I make my own and it takes me about 45 seconds. Granted I have a TON of guac making experience since it’s one of my favorite foods. So, it might take you 90 seconds if you’re less experienced. Here’s how I make it:

1/2 of an avocado, diced
1 tablespoon sweet onions, finely diced
fresh squeezed lemon juice to taste
dash of sea salt
4-6 turns of fresh ground pepper

Put it all in a bowl, mash & mix with fork or pestle to desired texture.

This is enough for one person (okay, maybe two, but I’m a guac hog, so this is how much I eat myself). So make more according to your family. Now, other people add other things to guac: tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, jalapenos. I do this sometimes. But usually I’m in 45 second guac mode, so I keep it as minimal as possible. Given the spices on the chicken and the red pepper flakes in the spinach, you don’t need super seasoned guac for this recipe.

On your plate layer spinach, diced and warmed up chicken, guac. Eat. Love. Smile.

Of course you can substitute any veggie in this recipe. I choose spinach because it cooks up so fast and you can eat a TON of it when you cook it. Veggie volume = rad! I’m actually a little mesmerized by the whole shrinking spinach phenomenon.

The addition of guac to this meal makes it much more exciting and palatable. Also, much more kid friendly!!

Lastly, and probably most importantly, this is the kind of low carb/high protein dinner that will fill you up and reduce bloat and belly fat. This is how you want to eat at night. Keep the carbs and sugar low so they aren’t resting in your belly while you sleep. These kinds of dinners over time will really impact your waistline – in the shrinking kinda way! These are the types of dinners I recommend to moms, especially those looking to lose baby weight. This will keep you well fueled if you’re breastfeeding and help you burn that belly fat and pregnancy weight.

Try it out and report back!

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