Black Bean Won-ton Mini Tostadas

Morning snack:  cinammon coco pop with almond butter, cinnamon and a drizzle of honey and clemenite

Lunch: black bean and cheese wonton mini tostadas, avocado and blueberries 

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These mini tostadas were the easiest thing I've made yet.  I had a stock of black beans which made it extremely easy.  I wet the won-ton wraps, placed them in a silicon muffin cup added black beans, sprinkled it with cheese and baked at 350 until the won-ton was a golden brown.  By the time I put everything else together the mini tostadas were done.  Voila!

I can imagine these being awesome for parties.  If I were having a party I'd make some with chicken, some with beef and some with black beans.  To pretty them up I'd top them with guacamole, sour cream, chopped lettuce and tomato.  

**I also made these with turkey once.

Overnight oatmeal

Morning snack: Overnight oatmeal

Lunch: Ground "beef", vegetable and cheese stuffed won ton wrapper and steamed broccoli

Afternoon snack: grapes and multicolor Goldfish

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Stuffed won-ton wrappers

Ingredients

vegetarian ground crumble

corn and peas (steamed)

won-ton wrappers

olive oil

onion

garlic

Method

Saute onions and garlic in olive oil until onions are translucent.  Add "beef" crumble and vegetables.  Wet won ton wrappers and stuff them.  Fold over like a taco and pinch the edge.  Rub a tad of olive oil on the outside and bake at 350 for 10 minutes on each side or until you see a golden brown color.

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Overnight oatmeal

Ingredients

1/4 cup old fashion oats

2/3 cup vanilla almond milk

1/2 tsp chia seeds

sprinkle of cinnamon

Method

Put everything in a container, stir and refrigerate overnight.  Great cold or warm.

It doesn't look too appetizing yet, but it will!  Now you can't make an excuse about not having time to make breakfast.  Enjoy!!

Mini turkey and cheese tacos

Morning snack: Pumpkin almond butter oat bar and pears

Lunch: Turkey and cheese miniature tacos and heart shaped red bell peppers

Afternoon snack: pears and almonds

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Ok, so I have a slight confession.  I made butternut squash and chickpea patties to send to school with LQ but I accidentally made them a little too spicy so I had to rethink today's meal.  Oops.  On the upside, you parents get a bonus recipe for yourselves!

Anyway, getting back to LQ.  Aside from ballet and playing with Daddy, LQ's favorite thing is play dough.  She has a million and one gadgets, she can spend hours playing with it and we have to make a fresh batch of play dough every few weeks.  Any who, as part of all her little gadgets she has a heart cookie cutter.  We sometimes use it to cut out heart sandwiches, cookies, etc. so she asked me to use it for her food for today.  So I did.  BUT...I definitely don't recommend making heart shaped bell peppers.  My hand will hurt for ages.  But on the bright side, LQ loves them!  So, totally worth it.  

To go along with her heart shaped bell peppers I made miniature turkey tacos.  It's the first time I make them so we'll have to wait to hear from LQ on whether she likes them.  I used won-ton wrappers and I put them in the oven to melt the cheese.  I use won-ton wrappers often and try to keep some in the fridge for quick meals.  LQ often asks for tiny pizza pockets, her words, not mine.  They're super easy to use and they keep in the fridge for a while.  If you're interested I can post a recipe for won-ton wrappers, but I generally just buy them.