Mexican Recipes

So, a promise is a promise and here are 4 of my favorite Mexican recipes. They are very easy to make and they won’t take a toll on your purse. Just remember, for some of the ingredients you will probably have to go to a specialty store.

Guacamole (serves 4)

Ingr:  2 Hass avocados    2 Roman tomatoes    1/2 onion    2 limes     salt to taste

Prep:  Peel and mash the 2 avocados with clean hands in a large plate. Dice the tomatoes and onion into small pieces and add them to the avocados. Add the salt on top of the mix and squeeze  the juice of the limes on top. Combine everything well and ready, you can now enjoy Guacamole with chips, tacos, or anything else.

 Beans ( serves 6) 

Ingr:   1 cup pinto beans     2 1/2 liters of water     1 clove of garlic     salt to taste

Prep:  Put the water into a medium/large pot and boil. Meanwhile rinse the beans and peal the garlic clove. Once the water boils lower the heat to a very low setting and add the beans and garlic. Cook for 2 1/2 hours or until the beans are very tender (if the beans look dry or with a low amount of water, add boiling water). Once the beans are tender throw away the garlic and add the salt. Let cook for 7 more minutes and turn off the heat. Serve in a plate and accompany with "queso fresco" or cotija cheese, cilantro, onion, and salsa.

*For fried beans add vegetable oil in a casserole, once the oil is very, very hot, add the beans very carfully since the hot oil will jump once you add the broth and beans. Let boil and once the oil comes on top of the beans, mash with a potato masher. After a couple of minutes remove from heat.

Oatmeal Water (serves +12)

Ingr:   1 cup oatmeal     2 cups of milk     2 cinnamon sticks     2 liters of water     sugar to taste

Prep:   Let the oatmeal soak in the water (minus two cups of water) all night. The next morning boil the two left over cups of water with the cinnamon, let cool down. In a blender, blend the oatmeal wih its water plus the 2 cups of milk. Once its blended pour in a jar, add the cinnamon water and sugar. 

Enjoy with ice.

Lemon Pie

Ingr:    1 package of Maria cookies     1 can of condensed milk     1 can of media crema nestle (table cream)     1/2 cup lemon juice

Prep:   In the blender, mix the two cans and start adding the lemon juice little by little to avoid curdling. In an 8 x 8 pyrex arrange the cookies to cover the bottom of the pyrex. Cover the cookies with part of the lemon mix and even out. Repeat these steps until you run out of the lemon mix, (the mix should be the last layer). Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight. This is one of my favorite desserts and I hope it becomes one of your favorite ones too.