What is YOUR favourite FOOD!?

I don’t even know if I could pick a favourite… remember.. I did say I was indecisive.

I LOVE Italian food. When I was living and working in Italy I tried some of the most amazing food of my life. The main dishes were so rich and the desserts so decadent and the gelato… wow! Every flavour was heavenly which is why I ate it about twice a day. No joke. Just talking about it makes me want to get on a plane and go back.

traditional sweets from Sicily in Milan city..

they were SO good!

In our house we eat a lot of authentic Mexicano food… and I love it. GMan is a great cook and learned a lot of the recipes straight from his Madres kitchen. At times we eat more Mexican food than any other kind.

The other day I was thinking about these babies the entire time I was running. I couldn’t wait to get home and make them. I didn’t know they already had an actual name until I began explaining to the hubby what I wanted to make.

This recipes allows for variety depending on personal preference. For example, I drained and rinsed the black beans but others may like to fry them so they are served warm. I know Gman is one of them because he gave me a look of “What in the world are you doing” when I was draining them.

The spicy flavor from the salsa mixed with the beans and the crunch from the tostadas is a perfect combination.

My hubby already had the salsa made from the night before but here is the recipe. We like ours reallly spicy.

Homemade Salsa

~ 2 cooking tomatoes
~ 2 garlic cloves
~ 10 dried whole chiles (use less if you don’t like a lot of spice)
~ 2 tsp. of salt

Directions:

Place in pot with water and bring to boil. Boil until tomatoes are soft.
Place tomotoes, chiles and garlic cloves in blender and puree. Set water aside.
Pour into serving bowel. Add a little bit of the leftover boiled water with salsa and mix.
Add salt, stir and enjoy!

*if you try the salsa while it’s still warm, it will have more spice to it. It’s not as spicy once it cools down.

I’m not very specific with the quantities on the following ingredients because it depends on how much you eat. I prepared enough for three tostadas. I was full after the second but obviously made room for the third :)

Tostadas

~ 1/2 cup black beans
~ 3 tostadas (I used Charras brand)
~ sour cream
~ cheese (I used feta)
~ shredded lettuce (I used romaine)
~ 1 tomato
~ 1 avocado
~ homemade salsa.

 Directions:

Drain and rinse black beans, then set aside

Thinly slice tomato.
Cut avocado in half and dispose of the pit. Cut avocado in chunks to desired size. Don’t forget to remove the skin!!
Place 3 tostadas on a plate.
Spread sour cream evenly on all 3

Then place tomato, beans, avocado, lettuce and cheese
Drizzle desired amount of salsa and listo!

Enjoy!!  These need to be eaten immediately after prepared for two reasons : 1) because they are to delicious to wait and 2) the tostadas will get soggy if you wait too long.