Ole!

I've got avocados... lots of them. I bought them to make a salad for a party we threw this weekend and never got around to making it. So tonight it's going to have to be some mexican food.

After the amount of those little Nestle Crunch chocolate valentines' hearts that I've stuffed in my mouth lately, you wouldn't think I'd do mexican food... but I've made up my own recipe for a great meal. So that's the plan for tonight. Back to the chocolate thing though.... I wouldn't sit and munch Nestle chocolate bars.... so why do I find it so easy to shovel those little hearts into my mouth? Ah, but I do!

My day ahead is a busy one. I need to stop at the store for a few ingredients for dinner, and cat food. Then I have to test 2 items for work, and I plan on running at the gym on my lunch break (the Shamrock Shuffle 8K is only 2 months away!). AND I have a followup doctor's visit for my carpal tunnel (or whatever it is). It all sounds a bit daunting right now.

So now on to the recipe...

My husband loves tostadas. So I've made my Weight Watchers' friendly version... I've documented what I eat as one serving, so I usually triple it since my husband eats about 2 servings of mine.

Margo's Tostadas
1 serving

2 small corn tortillas
Pam cooking spray
1/2 cup fat free refried beans, canned
1/2 boneless skinless chicken breast
fat free, low sodium chicken broth
taco seasoning
1/4 reduced fat shredded mexican blend cheese
3 T light sour cream
shredded lettuce
chopped tomato
chopped onion
1/4 c chopped avocado (optional)

Take your chicken breasts and boil them in the chicken broth until cooked through. Drain, reserving liquid, and shred. Return to pan and add taco seasoning to taste and 1/2 c of the broth. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.

Heat a small skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Spray with Pam cooking spray and then add corn tortilla. Cook and flip until nice and crisp. Remove and set aside, continue with remaining tortillas.

Heat refried beans (I usually just do this in the microwave, stirring often). Place sour cream in a small baggie and cut a small hole in one corner.

To assemble: Lay out 2 corn tortillas, side by side. Top each with refried beans, shredded chicken, half of the cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and the rest of the cheese. Squeeze/squirt the sour cream over the top.

Note: for 2 tostadas, 6.5 WW pts without avocado, 8.5 WW pts with avocado.

Ole! Now for the margarita.... I know, I know.... no WW points for that for sure!!

Off to start my day!
~M