Double BSI Fun!

First order of business today, BSI fun! I’ll post up my eats when I get home tonight.

Not only did Mark at Training Fuel choose my egg wrap as last week’s winning recipe (Thanks Mark!), he asked me to be this weeks host. So I got to thinking about what my secret ingredient would be. I kind of wanted to chose canned fish, but I knew that would exclude many vegetarians, and I figured that wasn’t really fair. I also thought about collard greens as they’re my favourite winter veggie, but they’re not so different from kale, a rather recent ingredient.

And then last night, while trying to fall asleep the feature ingredient suddenly came to me. But first I had to double check the list to make sure it hadn’t already been done, I couldn’t quite believe no one’s chosen it before.

Week 25: Training Fuel – Eggs
Week 24: Dinner at Christina’s – Cabbage
Week 23: Hey What’s for Dinner, Mom? – Strawberries
Week 22: One Bite at a Time – Basil
Week 21: Just Sweet Enough – Black Beans
Week 20: What I Ate Yesterday – Kale
Week 19: What’s for Dinner – Orange
Week 18: BranAppetit! – Spinach
Week 17: Tales of Expansion – Dates
Week 16: Biggest Diabetic Loser – Zucchini
Week 15: Sweet & Natural – Peppermint
Week 14: bella eats [and runs] – Ginger
Week 13: Coffee Talk – Walnuts
Week 12: For the Love of Oats – Pumpkin
Week 11: Trying to Heal – Sweet Potatoes
Week 10: The Inner Workings of a College Graduate – Eggplant
Week 9: Itzy’s Kitchen – Pears
Week 8: The Fitnessista – Cranberries
Week 7: Tri to Cook – Lentils
Week 6: Rhodey Girl Tests – Polenta
Week 5: Eating Bender – Butternut Squash
Week 4: Care to Eat – Apples
Week 3: On a Lobster Placemat – Mushrooms
Week 2: Hangry Pants – Tomatoes
Week 1: Sportsnutritionliving – Quinoa

Yep, my ingredient, definitely not on the list, SWEET! (or perhaps SAVOURY!) My choice is the mighty AVOCADO!

After perusing World’s Healthiest Foods I can provide these fast avocado facts:

• High in Vitamins K, B6, and C, potassium, folate, copper and fiber
• High in good-for-you monounsaturated fats, mostly oleic acid which may lower cholestrol
• May help protect against breast, prostate, and oral cancers
• Help you absorb fat soluble phytonutrients from other vegetables when eaten together.

So how do you like your avocados?

The prize will be a selection of fun products unique to Toronto/Canada that I think more people should try.

You can enter by either posting a link in a comment here or emailing your submission to plentifulplants AT gmail.com. I’ll update a list at the bottom of this entry as I go. As usual, you have until midnight Sunday April 5th to enter (or until I get up Monday morning).

And I know I’m relatively new to the blogging world, so if you’re reading this may you please post a link on your blog to let more people know? Thank you!

The Entries

Anne-Marie’s Banana Avocado Smoothie

Mariannes’s Tostadas

Erin’s Avocado Tempeh Pizza

Biz’s Avocado and Crab Meat Bisque