I had a rough morning. During one of my first classes of the day, the long-arm stapler I had in my room jammed. The first 3 times it happened, no problem… I unjammed it and the kids stapled their projects. The 4th time though, no such luck. The spring or something ricocheted the top of the stapler open which then smushed my left index finger.
It hurt, but I didn’t realize how badly it was cut until a student said “Um… Mrs. R? (I still can’t get used to that) You’re bleeding, like, a lot.” CRAP! I was! There’s about a 1 cm chunk of skin thats super damaged and gross, and a bruise a-forming. I kept saying all day I had a fight with the stapler and I lost. Since my left index finger is messed up, and I type properly, please excuse any type-os. I would’ve rather it been a red Swingline stapler…
In any case, tonight’s planned dinner was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Iowa Girl Eats (who, as a matter of fact, is giving away Amy’s Organics products) when she made her homemade Chipotle bowl. I love Chipotle, and as a matter of fact, a Chipotle post was one of my first posts ever! I’ve attempted a few times to make Chipotle knockoffs, but it always ended up tasting super “healthy”. I put together a few recipes into this glorious bowl:
Recipe 1: Cilantro Lime Rice (a la Iowa Girl Eats)
Cook rice (I made 2 cups of uncooked rice for 4 cooked cups of rice. HOORAY leftovers!). Add 1/3 c. chopped cilantro, the juice of one and a half limes, and 1 Tbsp. butter. Mix well, keep warm.
Recipe 2: Chili-Lime Chicken
Marinate boneless skinless chicken breasts in the juice of 3 limes, 2 Tbsp. chili powder, 1 Tbsp. olive oil, 1/2 Tbsp. garlic powder. Cook thoroughly and chop into bite-sized pieces.
Recipe 3: Spicy Black Beans
Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a small pot. Add 1/2 an onion, diced small. Add one can of drained black beans, 1 Tbsp. chili powder, and 1/2 tsp. red chili flakes. Simmer a minute, then add 1 c. broth. Simmer another few minutes. Keep warm.
In my grandma’s surprise bowl, I assembled: 3/4 c. cilantro lime rice, one chopped chicken breast, 1/2 c. black beans, 1/4 c. fresh salsa from the local market, 2 Tbsp. reduced fat cheese, 2 Tbsp. fat free sour cream, 1/2 chopped avocado
I was so sad when this was gone…it was even better than the last Chipotle bowl I had, and I knew that all the ingredients were fresh and healthy! I have a smaller one packed for lunch tomorrow, and Adam definitely enjoyed it as well.
I rounded out my meal with a small treat of 1/2 c. of reduced fat pumpkin ice cream with a few chocolate chips in my tiny CaliBowl:
I’m on a bit of a delay with Biggest Loser tonight, and looking forward to getting to bed early! Have a great night!
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Aw you poor thing! Ouch, the stapler fiasco sounds painful!
Hope you feel better tonight.
And LOVE the Chipotle bowls. Ugh, I am craving Chipotle so badly right now. Thank goodness I have intentionally planned a trip there next week. LoL, kind of sad that I am getting so excited about it now, but you totally understand being a fellow Chipotle lover.
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Hope your finger feels better!!
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What a bummer… hope you feel better!
Love your dinner!
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Yum, I love making bowls of goodness like that!
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ahhhh – that sounds horrifying!!! Your kids are lucky you are such a trooper
fantastic looking dinner!!
p.s. let me know when you and bender are coming to cleve — me and VG are ready!
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Hope your finger gets better! I am new to your blog & your dinner looks amazing!
You never realize just how much your use your index finger until it is throbbing do you?
I also admired IGE’s chipolte bowl when she blogged about it….and now you’re blogging about it….so I guess I need to make it!!!
Wow, that Chipotle bowl looks AMAZING! YUM!
Just got done catching up on your honeymoon posts–what a fun time! I’m so glad you finally got there at all, haha…
Love me some Chipotle burrito bowls. All the best stuff piled high = Mexiheaven.
Ouch! Sorry about your finger!
Thanks for posting this! I actually went to Chipotle for the first time over Christmas and my favorite thing was the lime rice!!
Totally stealing this from you for one of my lunches!!
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Ouch, sorry about your finger! I like how you described what happened though lol!
Your Chipolte dish looks FANTASTIC! So colorful and healthy. Yum!
Jenn
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Owwwie! Hope your digits recover quickly. That looks delish, and I love the chipotle. Barbacoa tacos are my fave though!
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Doesn’t it seem like the smallest cuts always hurt the worst…like papercuts? It seems like those things never heal and always bleed a ton!!! I can only image a stapler….
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Doesn’t it seem like the smallest cuts always hurt the worst…like papercuts? It seems like those things never heal and always bleed a ton!!! I can only image a stapler….
.-= Kelly B.´s last blog ..Another Side Dish + Trivia Week #2! =-.
I’m so sorry about your finger! Ouch!
As for the Chipotle burrito bowl…that looks absolutely fabulous!
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