Eating Explorations

  Happy Independence Day, everyone!  The first day of the second week of The Mexico Diet was July fourth, and what better way to celebrate than with some BBQ?! I'm talking potato salad, chips, some burgers with cheddar cheese on top... Yeah, that would have been swell, except that I am not allowed to have any of that on my diet. Truth be told, I would have gladly taken my cheat day on that Monday had I been invited to a celebration for the fourth (after all, it is my favorite holiday)  - but alas, I was not invited to such an event. Therefore, I stayed at home and made my own Fourth of July style dinner, and honestly...it really was delicious. Grilled Turkey Burgers with Butternut Squash Fries   For the Butternut Squash Fries recipe, click here Ingredients for the burgers: 1 lb. 100% organic ground turkey meat  2-3 cloves minced garlic salt to taste  1 tbsp cayenne pepper  avocado oil  For the trimmings: Romaine lettuce 1/2 yellow bell pepper (or ...

  Welcome to week 1 of The Mexico Diet! It was a successful first week, and when I say successful, I mean, delicious. It's funny because when we think of Mexican food, we think of pretty much all of the things I've been eating this week, except the most important part - the chips and tortillas. That's not to say that the foods I've been eating haven't been delicious, because they have been, it's just that that filler isn't there - the chips and the tortillas. But that's also not to say that beans aren't filling...because they really are. So let me break down for you what I ate during week 1 of this diet, and let you in on all the creative recipes, and some not-so-creative recipes I came up with. Day 1: Because the foods that are native to Mexico are so limited, and because the fruits that grow native on that land are primarily ones I've never heard of, let alone can get at Whole Foods, I'm super duper limited as to what I can eat for breakfas...