The Person Behind the Plate #5

I think that I am an adventurous eater and I have tried a lot of things that people give me funny looks about like beef cheeks and tripe. I tend to like pretty much all foods but I do have a few things that I just cannot stand.

1. Cilantro - this stuff is just nasty. It tastes like dish soap to me. I have read articles about how some people can taste the soap and to other people it is delicious. I had never had the stuff until I moved to AZ and found it was in a lot of the Mexican dishes. I hated it from the first time I tried it. I can tolerate a minimal amount in chimichurri or salsa, but that is it.

2. Bananas - this one is odd, I don't mind banana flavor, I just can't peel and eat a banana. Even the smell of a fresh peeled banana kind of makes me gag.

3. Black licorice - this is just a horrible flavor to me. I think its the medicinal aspect of it or perhaps an acquired taste.

And now that you know all about the things I don't like, I leave you with a photo of one of my favorite foods in the whole world...


CHEESE!

Do you have a food or foods you really dislike?

Crunchy Chicken Fingers with Spicy Avocado

I have been on a big avocado kick this year and have been eating it at least once a week. I was looking through my Robin Miller cookbook and came across this quick and low fat recipe and knew I would have to give it a try.


I made this just for me as Tom still thinks chicken is totally gross.

Preheat your oven and gather some ingredients.

You will need some chicken, avocado, lime, bread crumbs, hot sauce, hot peppers, sour cream, garlic powder, oregano, paprika, thyme (I forgot it!), cilantro - if you are one of those people, salt and pepper.


Slice your chicken.


Combine your bread crumbs with the spices and the salt and pepper.


Dredge your chicken through the bread crumbs to get it evenly coated.


Drop the chicken on to pan coated with non stick spray or use the wonderful non-stick foil that I love. Get these guys in the oven for 20 minutes.


Chop up your peppers. I used some sport peppers and they were HOT!


Combine the avocado, sour cream, hot sauce, lime juice and hot peppers together. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. If you are one of those cilantro eating people you can add that in at the end as well.


After 20 minutes get your chicken out. It didn't brown as much as I wanted but it was cooked through.


Plate up the chicken with the avocado and enjoy! This sauce can be used with a bunch of different things and would be delicious on a turkey burger or fish tacos. The chicken was seasoned well and crunchy, but the sauce was definitely the star for me.

Favorite Things #55 - Brown Rice and Sweet Potato Triscuits

I don't think I had ever even had a Triscuit before I started dating Tom, but he was a fan so I gave them a try. I have been hooked ever since. When their new red bean and sweet potato flavors came out I was hoping for something great to replace the retired cheddar Triscuits that I used to be in love with. Well, I have found a new cracker love...


This onion flavor is amazing and so addictive! You can see that Steve is super interested in them also, but lucky for me dogs can't have onions so I don't have to share.

Are you a Triscuit fan and have you tried these new flavors yet?