You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients. Julie Child

I am rarely bored with the food that I eat but this week I am bored and I am looking for more clean foods to eat. A few weeks ago, my husband Craig, asked me if I ever got tired of eating chicken. Of course I said no since I cook chicken a variety of different ways. Below are lists of my top 5 carbs, vegetable, fruits and proteins.

My 5 top natural starchy carbs and whole grains

1. Oatmeal (old fashioned not that instant crap)
2. Yams & Sweet potatoes
3. Brown rice (a favorite is basmati, a long grain aromatic rice)
4. 100% whole wheat bread or Ezekiel bread
5. 100% whole wheat pasta

My top 5 vegetables

1. Broccoli
2. Asparagus
3. Spinach
4. Tomatoes (I love sun-dried tomatoes) Zucchini
5. Zucchini

My top 5 lean proteins

1. Egg whites (whole eggs in limited quantities)
2. Whey protein (I am going to try Hemp protein powder soon)
3. Chicken Breast
4. Fish - salmon (wild Alaskan), flounder, halibut
5. Ground turkey Breast

My top 5 fruits

1. Blueberries
2. Blackberries
3. Grapes
4. Raspberries
5. Strawberries
   (My favorite fruit is mangoes but it’s difficult to find good mangoes).

Also included in my meals are sources of good fats include almonds, olive oil, walnuts, and coconut oil.
I like trying new recipes and I am always looking for new recipes. I found the recipe below and it’s a recipe that the Obama’s chef Spike Mendelsohn makes at the White House. I am going to try this recipe and I will rate it once I do.

White House Turkey Burgers
Ingredients:

• 2 lbs ground Turkey
• 1 Cup diced celery
• 1 Cup diced apples
• 1 Cup diced red onions
• 1 Tblsp mango salsa
• Handful of chopped Parsley
• Juice of 2 lemons, and fine zest from the lemons
• 1 Tblsp Olive Oil
• A dash of Cayenne Salt & pepper to taste
• Slices of Munster cheese (optional)

I will modify the recipe by including some of my mom’s homemade hot sauce since I include it in almost everything I make).

Method: 1. Heat olive oil over medium heat, and toss in the red onions, turning them so they don't burn; "sweat" this for about 45 seconds, turning with wooden spoon so it doesn't burn

2. Add apples and celery and mango salsa, sprinkle in cayenne then salt & pepper, and season to taste. Keep stirring while everything binds; scrape the pan, and toss in chopped parsley at the last minute, then set aside to cool.

3. When ingredients are cool, combine with turkey meat. Squeeze in the lemon juice while combining, and add the lemon zest. Mash it all together well, so fruit and onions are well distributed throughout the meat. Re-seasoning a little at this point, to taste (add some of mom's hotsauce). Make eight balls with the mixture, (balls can be flattened with a spatula to look like burgers) and refrigerate until ready to cook. Once the burgers are almost done, add the munster cheese to melt.

4. Serve on toasted Multi-grain buns, with lettuce and tomato slices.

Bon Appétit!