I just want to rehash my Mexican Themed meal here.

I halved the Quinoa & Black Beans recipe and it turned out delicious again. This is just a great base for the salsa and guacamole. I also added some chopped sweet onion, sour cream and crumbled some blue corn dippin chips on top. I smushed half of a ripe avocado, and added a little sour cream to it with some salt and garlic powder. That’s another solid flavor.

And, I browned some ground beef, added some poblano & a smidge of red jalapeno. I didn’t think to add any Aji Dulce pepper, but I bought some of them today and have already put them in my freezer. They are hollow so even frozen, they dice easily. I used a can of the diced tomatoes with diced green chilies (regular sodium) and a yellow sweet bell pepper. I did add some onion to this also.

I put this all in one bowl and it was delicious. Take a little guacamole and salsa. Next some Black Beans & Quinoa with some guac. Then some guac and salsa. Then repeat in any combination that pleases you, and add some of the chopped sweet onion, the sour cream and the crumbled blue corn chips. Oh, and the salsa and quinoa are warm still.

And If I want to substitute refried black beans or pintos, then so be it. A nice change up. Or a cold salsa without any ground beef.

How about some tomatillos in the guac? Or some lime juice in the cold salsa? And, the whole thing seemed not quite hot enough. It was spicy, but not with any real heat. I did put a little jalapeno and poblano in the salsa. I’ve read not to add carrots, but I might turn a blind eye and put some in the cooked salsa. Good filler.

I don’t do rice, but someone could. But, I might be able to slide in a little baked sweet potato, with some sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt) and some sweetener and cinnamon.