Plantain Tacos

A very easy dinner or lunch is always Tacos of some sort. We usually eat black beans and veggies tacos, but my favorite tacos to eat with Mole are plantain tacos.
All you need is to buy some plantain (ripe very ripe), have your usual taco dinner ingredients. Here is a reminder.

• Corn tortillas
• black beans (prepare them as you usually do)
• cumin
• garlic salt
• paprika
• olive oil
• butter
• cinnamon
• 2 plantains
• your favorite salsa (in our case it was Mole)
• your favorite cheese (we love queso fresco)
  

Make your beans first since that will take a bit longer. I didn't add ingredients for making the black beans since everyone prefers beans in their own way.
Slice or chop the plantains. Gram usually chops them, and my mom slices them longways. For two people we used 2 plantains. Sprinkle garlic salt, cumin, paprika and cinnamon over the plantains. Once your beans are almost ready and you have them at a low fire, heat up another pan and once warm melt a tbs. of butter. Add a bit of olive oil (teaspoon) to the butter so the butter doesn't burn. Add the plantains to the butter and oil and sear the plantains. I like the edges of my plantains to be a bit burned so I ask for mine to be left for an extra two minutes or so.
Serve plantains and black beans as you warm up the tortillas. Add some mole to your tacos and avocado if you have some. Also some queso fresco would fit perfectly.

ENJOY!

'Smores Tart

Doesn't this look delicious? Oh It was!!! And we want more!!!!

Ceviche

This delicious dish is very easy to make and you don't have to use shrimp. You can use any fish you like. All the cooking is done by lime, but you can always grill the shrimp to speed up the process.
Ingredients:

• shrimp or fresh fish
• lots of limes
• tomatoes
• onions
• serrano peppers
• salt and pepper
• cilantro
• chilli powder
• cumin
• paprika
  
• tortillas or chips
  

If you choose to grill the shrimp or fish add the chilli powder, paprika and cuming before grilling. After grilling add the lime and the rest of the ingredients mix it up and it's ready to eat. You can have shrimp tacos or use chips to eat. If you don't want to grill the shrimp or fish and rather have it 'real ceviche' style then squeeze lots of limes and let it sit until the shrimp or fish is cooked. It takes about 10 minutes and depending on the fish it could take longer.
Ceviche is often an appetizer but we like it so much that Gram makes enough for dinner.
Enjoy!