Nachos!!! That’s what you were thinking, right?

One of the great things about living in California is that our CSA runs for about 10 months a year. It recently started up, and we received a head of romaine lettuce and a bunch of spinach last week. This week we received a head of romaine lettuce and a bunch of spinach. Let’s also say that we barely ate any of the original greens, which are still fresh. And Bill is out of town for the week. That is a lot of greens for one person (me). CJ loves leafy greens. I could use them as a training treat. Here she is while I prep my lettuce.

Believe it or not, one of my favorite ways to eat greens is to put them on a pile of nachos. The nachos are simple. I use multigrain tostitos (which taste almost exactly like regular tostitos). I make a layer of chips on a dinner plate and top with cheese. You can then add an optional second layer of chips and cheese. I pop those in the microwave for about 90 seconds. They need to be watched so the cheese doesn’t get overcooked. Once the cheese is melted, I top with Trader Joe’s spicy bean dip (fat free and full of flavor!) and lots of salsa (and it looks like this). Then I put on the greens. If we have tomatoes I dice those up and put them on top. And if I have an avocado, and IF I remember, I add avocado. (I have avocado and I forgot.)

This is the easiest version. You can also top it with beans, or taco meat. It’s pretty simple, and you get some grains, calcium and veggies.

Another crazy thing people like to do with leafy greens is make salads. I had one of those today. It was yummy, but the nachos were better.