Holy Guacamole

After choosing to make tacos for dinner we decided homemade guacamole would be a perfect accompaniment to the tacos with some tortilla chips. We found a highly rated recipe on Allrecipes.com that was also quick and easy. The guacamole turned out so well we ended up putting it on top of our tacos. It added a fantastic freshness and was really the "icing on the cake."

Ingredients

3 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed

1 lime, juiced

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup diced onion

3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

2 roma tomatoes, diced

1 teaspoon minced garlic

Directions

In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lime juice, and salt. Mix in onion, cilantro, tomatoes, and garlic. Refrigerate for 1 hour for best flavor, or serve right away.

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Ground Turkey Tacos

We were feeling like tacos, and were going to make fish or shrimp. But, we had some turkey on hand, and the closest grocery store doesn't have the best fish counter...so ground turkey tacos was an simple decision. These tacos are delicious and take no time at all to make. You can substitute ground beef if you want, but we chose turkey because it's lighter and healthier, plus we already had some around.

Recipe:

• 1 lb. ground turkey (beef)
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• toppings (shredded cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, chilies, jalapeños, guacamole, really whatever you want)

Note: we definitely recommend using our guacamole recipe with the tacos!!

• Heat the turkey in a sauce pan until browned and drain
• Stir in the taco seasoning and the required amount of water (back of packet)

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Stuffed Mushrooms

Once we decided to make crab cakes for dinner, we began to brainstorm side dish ideas. After stumbling on a stuffed mushroom recipe we immediately agreed that this was what we wanted to make. We googled a few different recipes and decided to create our own recipe with foods we both love. We chose goat cheese, turkey bacon, olive oil, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and Panko breadcrumbs. Instead of measuring, we used our "cooking senses." We first cooked the turkey bacon. Then, we cut up the turkey bacon and try to break up the cheese into small pieces. We added and mixed the oil, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and breadcrumbs until the taste was just right. After stuffing the mushrooms we sprinkled a little bit more breadcrumbs on top. We then popped the mushrooms into the 400 degree preheated oven for about 15 minutes. The mushrooms came out better than we could have imagined.

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Maryland Crab Cakes

We recently were inspired to make crab cakes for two reasons. (1) we found out costco sells chunk crab meat by the pound and (2) crab cakes are delicious. It's really pretty easy. All you need is a pound of chunk crab meat, bread crumbs (we used panko), an egg, salt, pepper, dry mustard, Worcestershire, and mayonnaise. Pan fry in vegetable oil for 3-5 minutes on each side. We like them with tartar sauce, although they're good enough to eat plain. Bon apetite.

Recipe as follows:

Ingredients

1 pound of crab meat

1 cup of breadcrumbs

1 large egg, beaten

1/4 cup Mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Worcestershire

1 teaspoon Dry Mustard

1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

1/4 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Butter, for frying (we used vegetable oil instead)

Directions

In a medium mixing bowl, blend breadcrumbs, egg, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, dry mustard, salt, and pepper.

Fold crabmeat in gently.

Shape into equal size crab cakes.

In a small frying pan, add butter (or vegetable oil) until sizzling.

Pan fry cakes about 5 minutes per side.