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Chicken Avocado Wrap

Recipe from Whole Body Reboot by Manuel Villacorta, HCI Books/December 2014 – ISBN: 9780757318214. Read an interview with the author here.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups shredded roasted chicken
  • 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and cubed
  • 2 green scallions, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  • 2 Tablespoons low-fat Greek yogurt
  • Juice of 1 live (about 1-1/2 to 2 Tablespoons
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 whole wheat flatbreads, tortillas, or lavash

Directions:

  1. Put the chicken, avocado, scallions, cilantro, yogurt, and lime juice in a medium bowl and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Divide the mixture among two flatbreads and tightly roll each into a wrap. Cut each wrap into two halves before serving. Eat these the day you prepare them.

NOTE: The recipe originally calls for “Weekend Oregano Roasted Chicken,” which is another recipe in the book.

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Special Occasions

Chinese New Year Cooking Ideas

Julia and Alpha's CNY Yee Sang Prosperity Salad
Julia and Alpha's CNY Yee Sang Prosperity Salad Photo by Alpha via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0]

Julia and Alpha's CNY Yee Sang Prosperity Salad
Julia and Alpha’s CNY Yee Sang Prosperity Salad
Photo by Alpha via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0]
Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Tomorrow The Year of the Rat begins, so I thought it would be a nice touch to talk a little about one of my favorite cuisines — Chinese!

There are few festivities that are felt around the world on quite the grand scale as that the Chinese New Year. In fact, I really feel for all those people in China who might not make it home for the holiday because of the dreadful weather.

This is an event that affects people all around the globe and the celebrations are quite exotic and a lot of fun for everyone involved. (Did you know that now is the time to put into place new feng shui remedies? If not, you might check out my dear friend Anna Maria Prezio at fengshuiharmony.net.)

One thing that many outsiders may not realize is that several of the aspects of the Chinese New Year celebration have a very specific purpose and meaning — including the food! Whether you are Chinese are not, I know very few people in the world that couldn’t use a small degree of good fortune to make things in their worlds run a little more smoothly.

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