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Deviled Eggs Recipe

Deviled Eggs

by Wholly Guacamole® brand

 

Your friends will be green with envy when they taste your guacamole deviled eggs. The combination of rich egg yolks and creamy guacamole is truly sinful. Hot sauce and mustard gives these green eggs a kick and the paprika sprinkled on top is a nod to this dish’s classic southern roots.
Ingredients
  • 4 whole eggs in the shell
  • 1/2 cup Wholly Guacamole dip
  • 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro
  • 1 Tbsp minced green onion
  • 1/4 tsp salt, or optional
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce e.g. Tabasco, or to taste
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
  • 1 tsp Dijon-style prepared mustard
  • 1 pinch paprika

Instructions

  1. Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, and peel. Slice eggs in half, and remove yolks to a mixing bowl.
  2. In the bowl with the yolks, combine the Wholly Guacamole dip, cilantro and green onion. Season with salt, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard. Mix well, and fill empty egg halves. Chill until serving. Sprinkle with paprika just before serving.

Bring these eggs to your next get together and your friends will beg for more. This is a really easy way to bring new life and extra flavor into a tried and true favorite dish.
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Making Meatloaf Fun with #WhollyGuacamole

Meatloaf

by Wholly Guacamole® brand

Looking for a new take on an old classic? Wholly Guacamole® brand has a great recipe for meatloaf that will really turn up the flavor. Everyone loves getting an individual portion all to them selves, plus, this allows for some to be spicier than others.
 Ingredients
  • 2 lbs Ground Beef (chuck or sirloin)
  • 1 Cup Roasted Tomato Wholly Salsa dip
  • 1 Tbl Onion Powder
  • 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce, Less Sodium
  • 2 Tbl Honey
  • 2 t prepared Yellow Mustard
  • 2 Large Eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375. Place salsa into Pyrex measuring cup. Microwave 1 minute
  2. Stir salsa for 20 seconds to release steam. Microwave another 45 seconds. Stir for 20 seconds. Repeat at 30 seconds until roughly 1/2 cup salsa is remaining
  3. Mix all ingredients gently until incorporated
  4. Portion into muffin tin. Cook 10 minutes
  5. Carefully remove from oven and spoon topping over each loaf.
  6. Place back into oven and cook an additional 10 minutes.
  7. Let stand 2-3 minutes. Remove from muffin tin and serve.

Meatloaf Topping
Ingredients
  • 1/2 Cup Wholly Salsa Roasted Tomato dip
  • 2 Tbl Soy Sauce less Sodum
  • 2 Tbl Honey
  • 2 Tbl Ketchup

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together until incorporated. Let mixture sit at room temperature
Traditional meatloaf flavors are mixed with spicy salsa for an unexpected twist. Serve with mashed potatoes and a veggie for a well rounded meal that will make them beg for seconds. Try it today!
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Lunch Box Lessons for Back to School #cbias

Are you already in the back to school mode for lunches? To be honest I am a bit dreading it! The summer has brought a nice break from the stress of packing the “perfect” lunch.

Live So Fab looked into the five basics to help prepare a healthy lunch and snacks for school. I love the way they have broken it down to include items from every food group so that your child receives a wealth of nutrition through out the day.
The five food basics for the perfect school lunch according to Live So Fab and parents are:
  • Healthy Snack: The fruits or vegetable portion of the lunch box. My children love to have strawberries, grapes, cucumbers, carrots and celery here. Peppers are another great option.
  • The Sandwich: Now this seems to be very popular among a lot of parents but what I have found with my kids is that they become too grumpy and irritable if they don’t eat more than a sandwich at lunch (I am blaming their high metabolism on this one!). When we do sandwiches we use breaded chicken or veal on a bun. The favourite in our house is penne in a tomato sauce or fajitas.
  • Drink: My children both bring a water bottle with them but I still fill up a container of juice for them to bring as well – usually orange or apple juice.
  • Homemade treat: My eldest son’s favourite part!! He likes to bake muffins, cupcakes and cookies so we always incorporate this into his lunch!
  • Salty Snack: I have to confess I personally do not include this part but pretzels are a family favourite.


What are your basics for the perfect lunch? Do you have basics that you like to include?
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Lentil Curry

I have been searching high and low for a couple of good lentil recipes. I checked out a couple of sites (including the Canadian Lentils website – what a great recipe collection they have and my other favourite site – the Gracious Pantry). With this knowledge in hand we made a curry (our family loves curry!) using the lentils I had just purchased. Here is what we did.
Ingredients:
 
– 2 cups of green lentils
– 7 cups of chicken broth
– 2 cups of sliced carrots
– 3 cups of fresh spinach
– 7 garlic cloves
– 1 zucchini grated
– 1 tbsp of curry powder
– 2 tsp cinnamon (this is where my hubby wished we had cinnamon sticks!)
– 1 tsp cumin
– 2 tsp onion powder
– 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients into one large pot. Bring to a boil and continue to boil on medium heat until the liquid has been absorbed (took roughly thirty minutes on our stove).

This prepared meals for four for dinner with lunch the next day as well as three freezer meals for during the work week.
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Summer Berry Sangria

I am not a big red wine consumer so I was a bit nervous to try out my friend’s Sangria recipe. I was actually very surprised with the sweet taste and how refreshing the drink is. It was super easy to make but I had to adjust her recipe according to the ingredients I had in my home.

Ingredients

– 350 ml of Jackson Triggs Merlot
– 1/2 bottle of PC Citrus Fizz
– 1/2 cup of blueberries
– 1/2 cup of strawberries
– 1 orange sliced into rounds
Directions
1. Add wine to a large jug and top with Citrus Fizz.
2. Add in fruit.
3. Put in fridge for 30 minutes (or slightly longer if desired). Enjoy!
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