Spotlight Features - Starts this week!

We at A Few Hungry Girls want to highlight businesses not just here in Nashville, but around the country! The purpose of these features are to introduce small locally owned resturants, food trucks, and bakeries/coffee shops to my audience and help grow their businesses!

I'm the queen of researching local restaurants when I'm traveling before I even get to the city! Granted I don't get to eat everywhere I research but it's nice to know I have backups! Does anyone else do this:

You: Where do you want to eat?
Me: I don't care, where do you want to eat?
You: Um I don't care where ever you want to eat...
Me: I still don't know...
You: I guess we'll starve.

So in an effort to aid in this we will feature menus, photos of their food, average price points, contact info, social media information, and locations!

If your a locally owned business and you'd like to be featured please contact us at: afewhungrygirls@gmail.com, subject "features".

Stay hungry my friends...

Ray B.

Who is Taco Bike and where can we get some?

Hopefully by now you've all heard about Taco Bike? If not here's the run down and you all need to know: 

Who: Taco Bike 

Where: Nashville 

Why: (IMPORTANT TO READ) 

Cayla, (the mastermind and avid cyclist) wants to bring organic breakfast tacos to Nashville. 

Philosophy/inclusion: "Taco Bike is also vegetarian-friendly, vegan-friendly, and gluten-free-friendly". She also will be using locally sourced fresh food and encouraging the use of bikes as a form of transportation 

The Catch: none, who doesn't love tacos. C'mon son you know want some! 

CALL TO ACTION: she is raising money to bring the South's first fully organic kitchen!! Can you say FIRST? She has reached over 1/2 her goal but she only has a few days to raise the rest! 

You don't have to live in nashville to support a great cause! Taco Bike has a kickstarter page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1130287009/taco-bike/description) 

Or you can check out her website and sign up for FREE tacos (taco.bike). 

Or find her on social media: 

IG: @tacobikenash 

Twitter: @tacobikenash 

GO SUPPORT HER! We need this in Nashville and we need to support our local small businesses! Unless you want to eat Taco Bell breakfast tacos ::throws up::  

Stay hungry my friends... 

Ray B. 

Quickie Peaches and Cream Protein Smoothie Recipe

As you all know by now I'm a smoothie fanatic! They are quick, easy and don't require much prep work. When I get fruit and veggies from the farmers market I always cut them up and and individually freeze them! This is probably one of the best ways to keep food fresh and quickly available for cooking!

You also know by now I LOOOVE the Peach Truck Peaches! So we stocked up and I froze about 10-12 peaches for safe keeping, then I tried my hand at canning them. I still haven't tasted them... I'm a bit nervous! 

I digress...

Here's a quick easy recipe: 

Top 5 Instagram Smoothies

There's nothing like a great pre/post workout smoothie, or a yummy fresh smoothie for breakfast! I do enjoy spiked shakes but that's another post y'all!! Please enjoy my top 5 and hurry go follow them so you can make a shake with them fries!! 

I truly love making new sweet, savory, and healthy smoothies. I experiment with different ingredients. 

A few fruits include: mango, kiwi, melons, and lemons. 

Some veggies I like to use are: spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes.

 I really only use a few spices that are fresh ginger, cinnamon, and allspice. 

For sweeteners I use either agave or coconut sugar!!

 And lastly for liquids I prefer to use almond milk (I don't do straight dairy so well) or POM juice or coconut water. I'll admit I thoroughly do not enjoy coconut water solo dolo I only like it blended. To each her own right? 

Anywho let's get to this list! Hope y'all and get those blenders ready!! 

5. Chocolate Peanut Butter from @healthy_bodymindspirit

4. Piña colada from @juicing_gina 

3. Banana foster from @deliciouslycleanvegan 

2. Salted Caramel mocha protein shake from @smoothieworld 

1. Peach compote with dried apple granola from @cocoasugar 

Stay hungry my friends...

Ray B. 

Avocado Garlic Jalapeño Aioli

First off this is one of the EASIEST recipes I've ever created and I know you'll all enjoy this!!

I meal prepped earlier this week and made Parmesan Turkey burgers then individually froze them for those on the go days! Then I got a coupon for free artisan bread from the grocery store... Of course I got ciabatta!! I knew I didn't just want cheese I need a sauce that made the sammich not so dry!

I came up with the idea to make aioli purely from the items I had in the fridge that included a really really ripe avocado that I didn't want to waste. This aioli was born, I also tried to make this a little healthier with the avocado!! 

Oh and I used my bread and better pickles on my sammich as well. That recipe is featured on an earlier blog post.

(See: Bread and Better pickles) 

Here's what I used: 

(Some spices not pictured)

1/2 ripe avocado 

2 garlic cloves minced 

1 tablespoon Lite Miracle Whip 

2 teaspoons Extra virgin olive oil 

4 jalapeños slices 

1 teaspoon Thyme 

1 teaspoon Onion powder 

1 teaspoon Paprika

Salt and pepp to taste 

1. Mix all ingredients until smooth and creamy. 

(Mix food ingredients) 

(With spices and EVOO added)

2. Store in a airtight container. Wait atleast an hour before using. This allows all the flavors to meld!!  

3. Serve. Enjoy with sammichs, chips, sweet potato chips, maybe a dip with appetizers. Or off your spoon :). 

Stay hungry my friends... 

Ray B.