Kitchen Hacks: Carnitas

In our Smashed Garlic Broccoli Food Friday post we mentioned that:

    Getting and staying lean is largely about increasing food volume while decreasing calories.

    Improving and maintaining healthy eating habits is largely about making your food delicious.

    Together, these mean eating a boatload of veggies and making those veggies preposterously tasty.

To expand on that, getting and staying lean is also about satiety (how long a meal keeps you satisfied). The veggies are a part of that equation. Getting a healthy dose of protein is arguably more important. And, if you’re going to get a healthy dose of protein, let’s make it delicious and easy to prepare. And, because Cinco de Mayo is coming, let’s make it something that goes great with margaritas.