Huevos Rancheros

I made the simplest huevors rancheros over the weekend. The ingredients used are little, but it is packed with flavor. And hey, who wouldn't want to make this after a night full with drinks? Trust me, it was a hard morning to wake up to, but this plate of goodness really kicked me out of the slum.

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Ingredients:

• 1 28oz crushed tomatoes
• 1 15oz black beans
• Blue Corn Tortilla
• Chipotle in Adobe sauce (I used 2)
• Eggs (I used 2)
• Salt and Pepper
• 1/4 cup of honey
• 1.3 cups of water
• 1 clove of garlic
• Cilantro for garnish.

The black beans are rinsed before heating. This step is optional. I didn't want too much starch so I reconstituted fresh water. The beans are heated up with 1 grated garlic, 2 teaspoons of salt, 2 teaspoons of cumin, 2 cracked black pepper, and then 1/3 cup of water was added with the heat turned off.

The ranchero sauce was made with 1 can of crushed tomatoes and 2 chipotle peppers. If it's too spicy, just use one and remove the seeds. I added about a 1/4 cup of honey and 1 cup of water to thin out the sauce as well as mellowing out the spice. 1 tablespoon of cumin was added with 1 tablespoon of salt. Feel free to add more honey and water to your liking (or another pepper if you want it spicier).

The egg was cooked for 2 minutes on medium high with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. I didn't add any salt since it's already on the chips, beans and sauce.

Start layering your plate. My combo was chips, beans, sauce, egg, sauce, and topped with a Louisiana green sauce. Cilantro was plucked and sprinkled as a garnish plus more on the side. If available, I would recommend adding queso fresco and avocado (WHICH I HAD AND FORGOT TO ADD).

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Enjoy!

Organic Heirloom Tomatoes with Truffle Salt

Hello! I am happy to share my first Youtube post with all of y'all. I've been extremely inspired by fresh local ingredients found at the Farmer's Market. I also want to take advantage of all the summer ingredients that we received from the hot sunny weather. These Heirloom tomatoes were tiny, but plump. They also came in various of sizes, but I stuck with the smaller ones since they had little to no imperfections. 

But here is the video below if you haven't seen it yet!

Italian Sausage Scramble

It's been one of those re-purpose breakfast mornings where I don't want to go anywhere in particular, and I also don't want to shop for additional ingredients. So why not just work with what I have already. Actually I take everything back. I always try to re-purpose everything that I have so nothing goes to waste. I decided to make a quick brunch before heading out with these ingredients:

Recipe:

• 2 Italian sausage links - These were frozen. I ran it under the water quickly so I could remove the casing. The links were still frozen, but I was still able to chop them into little pieces with some extra muscle.
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 roasted red pepper- from the jar. these were sliced into strips.
• 4 eggs - I always use "Happy Eggs"
• salt and pepper
• red chili flakes
• cilantro
• garnish condiments: sour cream, roasted anaheim pepper salsa, pico de gallo
• Left over wheat bread - toasted.

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The sausage was cooked till charred bits were forming around the pork. Garlic and red chili flakes is then added and cooked out for about 30 seconds to 1 minute before the red bell peppers were added. This mixture is then cooked out for another minute.

The eggs are whisked and seasoned with salt and pepper before pouring on top of the sausage mixture. When the eggs are slowly coming together, toss in some ripped cilantro, about 2 tablespoons.

Lay out your toasted bread and top your scramble on top. Put a dollop of sour cream, and heapfulls of your salsa. Enjoy with a nice cup of Joe, and save the dishes for later.

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Easy, hearty, beautiful and delicious. Make this for your family and friends in no time, no stress. Feel free to use other sausages or leave out condiments you don't have. It's always nice to have special items in your fridge or pantry like roasted peppers.

When you buy groceries, I recommend you taking a quick peek of what you have at home. You will be more inspired and creative when you are at the market that way.

Enjoy!