Quick, easy, delicious and satisfying!! Enjoy!!

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 cups water
½ teaspoon chipotle chile powder or regular chile powder
3 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (8-ounce) jar salsa
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
½ cup shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese (optional)

Cooking:
-Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute.
-Stir in water, chipotle powder, beans, and salsa. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute.
-Place 3 cups of black bean mixture in a blender; process until smooth. Return pureed mixture to pan.
Alternatively, you can use an immersion blender right in the pan to partially blend the soup.
-Stir in lime juice; simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro. Sprinkle each serving with cheese.

Grilled Tuna Tacos & Salsa Verde

Serves 4

• 2 cups chopped white onion, divided
• 3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, divided
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 5 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided
• 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano (preferably Mexican)
• 1 pound tilapia, striped bass, or sturgeon fillets*
• Coarse kosher salt
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon milk
• Corn tortillas
• 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, sliced
• 1/2 small head of cabbage, cored, thinly slice
• Salsa Verde
• Lime wedges

Continue here for prep steps

Ingredients (2 Rolls):
One chicken breast
Two asparagus sticks
Two slices of organic turkey bacon (low fat)
One teaspoon of dijon mustard
One tablespoon of honey salt and pepper to taste ( or kosher salt)

Directions:
Once the chicken breast is washed, trim fat. Cut chicken into two to four thin slices, depending on how thick you would like your roll to be. Put chicken slices in the container, add the salt and pepper, mustard and honey. Let it marinate for 25 minutes.

Give the asparagus a quick wash. Snap off tough ends of asparagus and remove scales with vegetable peeler. Place one slice of turkey bacon on each slice of chicken breast. Place one asparagus stick on the top and start rolling it. Once the roll is ready, use a couple of wooden picks to secure the turkey bacon – ensure the picks are placed in such a way the chicken meat maintains its shape around the roll. You can grill rolls than for seven minutes on the electric grill at 375 degrees, or bake them for 25 minutes at 375 degrees. You can store the rolls in the fridge and every time you need protein, just eat a couple (cold or hot).

*image courtesy of Nate Steiner