Beside a power punch of feel-good fuel, this belly filling side or main course has a number of other benefits. Most similar salads call for black beans. The smaller size of the lentils blends nicely into a pilaf. All ingredients are readily available and cheap in the summer, and it can be served warm or…
Tag: Mexican food
Lighter Crab Tamales
Tamales do not need lard to make them tasty. These crab tamales use the richness of crab, with a little help from lean dairy. Like most tamales, they require a time commitment, but are well worth it. 3 lb of live Dungeness crab 2 jalapenos 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled ½ of an onion, cut in…
Mom’s refried beans
Offered here in a scale-able format, this recipe makes the creamy, refried beans we all know and love served as a side at Mexican restaurants. I generally eschew posting simplistic recipes because I think that most people can figure them out for themselves. However, I have received so many compliments for my mom’s beans that…
Mock mole
This ‘mole’ certainly lacks the complexity of traditional mole, but it serves as a decent substitute when you lack the ingredients, time and patience to complete all the steps required of most mole recipes. You can choose how healthy to make it. For a richer mole, sauté the onions in vegetable oil before adding the…
Braised pork ribs with corn tortilla soup
A pazole modification to please an omnivorous household, instead of cooking the pork in the soup, the pork ribs are braised separately to preserve the vegetarian corn tortilla soup. 1 rack of pork spare ribs (also called ‘country style ribs’ or ‘Kansas City ribs’) 2 onions 8 garlic cloves, 4 peeled, 4 kept in the…
Beans & rice with greens & eggs
This ‘leftover’ recipe quickly consumes the evidence of a fiesta, though it satisfies and remains just as simple when made from scratch. Though this recipe feeds one, it can be easily scaled accordingly. Butter or oil 1-2 cups of hearty greens: spinach, kale, chard, or collards chopped into 1 inch pieces if large. 1 garlic,…
6 layer tostata
Though this recipe is told in layers from the bottom up, in the economy of time, the order of action should be: Layer 2, Layer 4, Layer 5, Layer 6, Layer 1, Layer 3. Layer 1 4 corn tortillas Garlic oil Slather the tortillas with oil and broil, about 3 minutes per side,…