Grilled Avocado Tacos

A couple days ago I intended to make Pita Pizza's.  I even previewed it on instagram... But Hubby used his VETO powers on that.  He is quite honestly the only person I know who really isn't a huge fan of pizza.  He will eat it, but he doesn't ever crave it like normal humans...

Because I still wanted something virtually effortless I changed tactics to suggest our favorite Grilled Avocado Tacos.  Unlike pizza, he never turns down the opportunity for tacos.  EVER!  Just needed to have Josh pick up some avocados, goat cheese, and a chicken breast...and we were good to go!

Ingredients

• Tortillas- any size
• 1 can Black Beans (Our pantry already had refried black beans, but you can use whole!)
• 1 cup cooked Brown Rice
• Avocados (one for every two hunrgy adults)
• Goat cheese (or Feta if Hubby buys the wrong crumbly white cheese)
• Cilantro for garnish
• 1/2 Tbsp Cumin
• 1/2 Tbsp Coriander
• 1/2 Tbsp Red Chili Flakes- shake a little or a lot. 
• 2 Tbsp Honey (or Agave nectar)
• 1 Tbsp Lime juice
• Olive oil
• Pre cooked chicken for the meat eaters

Directions

1. Sauce- Honey and lime juice.  That's IT!  I use Tbsp's but just keep a ratio of 2 to 1 with however much you want to make.  This is like lime candy.  You don't need much at all.
2. Cook your brown rice according to the direction on the container.  Personally, I'm a fan of the instant which takes 1 minute in the microwave.
3. Add cumin, coriander, and Red chili flakes to your beans and heat up!  Microwave or in a pot.  If you use whole beans, keep some of the liquid so that they stay moist and not clumpy.
4. Slice your avocados into lengthwise slices that are just thick enough to "hold up" to your handling of them on the grill.  (Too thin and they will fall apart into pieces which are hard to flip!)
5. Brush your slices with olive oil, and place on a medium heat grill. 
6. Heat for about 2 minutes a side, resisting the urge to mess with them.  Flip once you've achieved some cute little grill marks and heat the other side the same amount of time.
7. If you have chicken- heat this up now as well.
8. Build your tacos!  (we actually made burritos)
9. Drizzle the honey lime sauce on top sparingly.
10. Enjoy!

 

Grilled Avocados!

  

Layer of beans

Add some brown rice

Slices of avocado

Crumbled goat cheese (or Feta worked too!)

Tear off some cilantro

Hubbies version with slices of chicken

Wrap it up!!!

I've been making these for a while and am not sure when/how I stumbled across the recipe.  It's been one that I am grateful for finding and I've saved it both on Pinterest and to my "Plan to Eat" recipe/food organizing site (which I highly recommend!)    And while I often change recipes to fit our specific likes, this is one that I pretty much follow without really "Shalon-izing" it.  The original post can be found here, as can way cuter and fancier pictures of the finished tacos!