Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad

While I was visiting my sister Esther yesterday afternoon, she gave me this recipe that she found at www.ourbestbites.com.

Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad (with some revisions)

chopped lettuce
ground turkey, sauted with garlic and onions
chopped tomatoes
1 avocado, cubed
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
1 can black olives
grated cheddar cheese
handful of tortilla chips and salsa on the side

DRESSING:
chopped fresh cilantro
2/3 c. light sour cream
3 tsp. adobo sauce from canned chipotle chilies
2 tsp. chili powder
juice from 1 lime

Combine the dressing ingredients and toss with the salad ingredients (except for the chips). Enjoy with a fresh squeeze of lime juice!

Spring Flowers

This post is dedicated to my sister in snow-locked Edmonton whose delight in a small vase of hothouse daffodils wrenches my heart. I took these photos this afternoon on my walk home from our community centre (where, by the way, there were dozens of people out jogging, walking their dogs, playing baseball, frisbee and rugby).






I love spring because it seems to signal the renewing of a sense of community. People are brought together by warm weather while winter seems to keep us cozy and separated in the islands of our homes.

Milly came for a visit and thoughtfully brought these pink buds.

Date Night

Date night last week.

The Food: Incendio Pizzaria
The Film: Incendies
The Transportation: Beatrice and Rupert

Sounds like a recipe for a fabulous night, right? Wrong. Everything was perfect until we watched the French film Incendies. It was very well done but just...so...sad. It dampened our moods. We walked home kind of depressed.

The Moral: only watch comedies on date night.

Mario Time

Mario Brothers on Wii is one of the funnest times to be had. Especially in such good company. The two lovely ladies are my Kinesiology buddies and Scott is just Scott. An old favourite.