Mushroom Potato and Spinach Taco

 

This was a very successful experiment, loosely based on this recipe from Dora's Table https://www.facebook.com/drstable/posts/3587154494685706?__tn__=R*F

I used potato instead of posole. For the crema I just used cashew cream and lime, and mixed it in with the filling. Judging from colour I used a lot more chiles per peanut putter than Dora. and I garnished with toasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and El Gallo habanero salsa.

Quite easy. Will do again. Have lots of peanut chili mole left over.

Lime, mushrooms, spinach and potato go together very nicely.

Mock Chicken Tinga

 

Basically, a chunky tomato sauce you might put on pasta, plus to taste, Mexican oregano and pureed canned chipotle en adobo.

(Not hard to find in Canada; Metro carries it. I think Loblaw has it too.)

Add mock chicken soy nuggets from Whole Foods near the end of cooking so as not to make them too soggy. 

 

You could use cooked chicken as a substitute for mock chicken if you like. 

 

Very easy, and if you don't mind some hot pepper, very tasty.

 

Garnish, as you see, with the traditional Mex-Mex garnishes of cilantro, onion and lime. I'm not sure about the avocado; would leave it out next time. If you don't have good tortillas handy, would work over rice.

Extra hot sauce to taste, Valentina worked well. And we added mango salsa as well. There's an odd belief, the further you get from Mexico, that Mexican food is chock-a-block with black olives. But this is a rare Mexican dish that works well with black olives.

 

Irene's Fruit Nog

 

2 slices grilled pineapple 

1 large banana 

1 cup mango

2 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate. 

 

(Frozen is good on any or all of the ingredients)

Add all to blender, add unsweetened plant milk to almost cover, blend. 

 

Add rum and nutmeg to taste.

 

Looks a lot like and tastes a bit like egg nog.

Irene's Virtuous Cobbler

No butter, no sugar, delicious!

Fill 8x8 nonstick pan about 2/3 with fruits suitable for a tart pie. This one is apples and mangos.

Heat in saucepan 1c water, 8 chopped pitted dates, 1/4 c raisins, juice of a lemon, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp each cloves & nutmeg, pinch cardamom, 2 tbsp frozen OJ concentrate; heat to blend. Add 1/2c rolled oats. Pour liquid over fruit and mix well.

Bake at 350F for ~ 1 hr until fruit is soft. Sprinkle with pan-toasted blend of rolled oats, walnuts& shredded coconut.