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!
Great BSI pick! I have’t done a BSI since before Christmas….
Thank you, you should start up again 🙂
Holy smokes – you’re right! I can’t believe nobody thought of this either. LOOVVEEE avacadoes! Thanks for the great pick! 🙂 Anddd congrats on the win! Your recipe was total genius, I’m gonna have to give it a try!
Oh my gosh, totally love this choice! I can’t wait to see what others whip up, because I am always stuck at seeing what to do with it!
Great choice Ruth! I’ll give you a shout out on my blog tonight. 😀
Thanks 🙂
I need to get back on the BSI bandwagon with this! I’m avocado obsessed!
great ingredient choice! i’ll have to start thinking 🙂
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Awesome choice and congrats on the win!
Congrats on the win, and what an awesome choice!!!
congrats on the BSI win! your egg rolls were amazing.
truthfully, I dislike avocadoes, but am trying to work on this aversion, so I’m very interested in what ppl come up with. I can’t wait to see all the recipes.
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I follow the BSI ingredients and recipes through my cousin’s blog, but this is the first time I’m participating because I lovelovelove avocados!
Here is my recipe:
http://livepuravida.blogspot.com/2009/04/smoothest-smoothie.html