Yum

We've had a 'blah' few days of eating. Yesterday, I told my boys that I was going to make a skillet meal called "deconstructed pizza." Well, I guess Tucker only absorbed the word "pizza" because when I handed him a bowl of seasoned ground beef, tomatoes and spinach, he burst into tears. "Where is the pizza??" he wailed. And then, when we were out running errands, he said to us, "can we please go to Target and buy a pizza?" Poor kid.

Today I finally made something that I loved and my kids liked pretty well (it has avocado, which John is allergic to, so he couldn't try it). It had enough protein and fat to fill me up but also had the grapes to give it sweetness. Yum - this is going to become a staple.

Avocado Sonoma Chicken Salad

Ingredients:
1 pound cooked chicken
a few bunches red seedless grapes, halved
3 celery stalks, sliced thin
2 ripe avocados
juice from one small lemon
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Cut the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces and place in a medium bowl. Add grapes and celery. Peel and pit the avocados and then mash them in a separate bowl. Add mashed avocado to the chicken, grapes, and celery. Stir to coat and squeeze lemon juice over everything. Salt and pepper to taste.

*Recipe adapted from wellsphere.com

 Okay, that's all for now. Off to plan a Paleo birthday party!