Holy Wah: Cilantro Lime Burritos

Remember how I was all "create your own happiness" and "be good to yourself"? Yeah, nothing like being challenged with a taste of my own medicine. Holy wah, my life just got busy. Work has been crazy cats lately (I just made up the phrase crazy cats, I'm probably never going to use it again). Its much easier to stay positive, eat healthy, and be kind to myself when my life is in balance. When its crazy cats (seriously, last time) I'm a pizza craving lunatic. Stressful life = stressful eating. I mean, who really craves a salad when they're stressed out? Broccoli? No. Try pizza. For me, its pizza every time (am I the only one.....?). Instead, my body (and sanity) needs me to create balance. Now more than ever. (Before you get excited, I'm not going to be posting a pizza recipe today. I know, total let down.)

Today's game plan: Do things that make me happy and support de-stressing. Pronto!

Smile. At strangers. At myself. In the mirror. It doesn't matter as long as your smiling. 


Dance. Thank you Pandora for the 80's channel. Nothing really highlights my dance moves quite like Cindy Lauper. (and can you really NOT smile while dancing to 80's music? These two go hand in hand). 


Breathe. I recently got into yoga and couldn't be more happy about my new found love. "Breathing in, I know that I'm alive. Breathing out, I smile to my aliveness" -Thich Naht Hahn

This plan got me through the day, in one piece, without ANY flailing at all! It was enough to break my pizza craving and motivate me to cook. Dont forget, we gotta keep the cells happy! My cells love grain-free, dairy-free burritos (tacos?) with cilantro lime cream sauce. (and they hate pizza... darn them!)

 

With hot sauce

 Without hot sauce

To make the tortillas, I used this recipe. I have had LOTS of trial and error making grain-free tortillas, and this one is by far (by FAR!) the best. It is a little time consuming, so normally I make it up ahead of time. I always have leftovers too, and they're good for sandwich wraps, or basically anything that you would use a regular tortilla for.  

Burraco Filling:

(my husband and I couldn't agree on whether these were burritos or tacos)  

1/2 lb grass-fed ground beef

1/4 zucchini, diced

1/4 red onion, diced

2 stalks of collard greens, diced (or any leafy green, thats just what I had)

5 mushrooms, diced

Taco Seasoning (makes enough for 1lb of meat):

1 Tbsp chili powder

1/4 teas garlic powder

1/4 teas onion powder

1/4 teas crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 teas oregano

1/2 teas paprika

1 1/2 teas cumin

salt and pepper

Saute vegetables until soft, remove from pan and place in bowl for later. Brown ground beef until almost cooked. Add 1/2 of the taco seasoning and the veggies back to the pan. Put just enough water to cover the veggie/meat and stir in seasoning. Cook down until water is mostly gone. Stuff the tortilla shells with meat/veg mixture and cover in cilantro-lime cream sauce. 

Cilantro Lime Cream Sauce:

1/2 cup cashews (soaked for 4+ hours)

1 cup loosely packed cilantro

2 teas lime juice

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

2 Tbsp water

1/4 teas cayenne pepper

salt and pepper

Combine in blender or food processor and blend until creamy. Top your burrito with anything that makes your heart happy! Enjoy!

What gets you through a stressful day? (other than pizza) 

This recipe was included in Real Food Weekly and Seasonal Sunday

Salsa Verde

We are a Mexican food loving family. We eat tacos, nachos, burritos, or taco salads as though our life depends on it (dairy free and gluten free to boot.... yes, I just used the expression 'to boot'). At any given point, there are at least 3 types of hot sauce in our fridge. And I pride myself on being some what of a salsa connoisseur (read: salsa snob. Can I get an Amen for Jacks salsa?!). I have not, however, been able to find a salsa verde at the store that meets my needs. Problem solved. So lets just make this short and sweet. Home made, 100% raw, salsa verde.

Salsa Verde
5 Tomatillos, chopped
1 Poblano pepper (green pepper if you want it less spicy, jalapeno pepper if you want it more spicy)
1/2 large bunch fresh cilantro
1/2 medium onion
3 garlic cloves
2-3 tsp honey or agave
1 1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt

Put everything in the blender, and in a few seconds this:

 Turns into this:

Coincidentally, I just found out that this salsa goes distinctly well with Red Hot Blues. Yum!

This recipe is included in Real Food Weekly.