Lately, I’m needing to come up with even quicker meals.
Katie, your recipes are already quick and easy. How much simpler can they get? What about a meal in 5 minutes? Sorry to Rachael Ray, but 30 minutes to dinner sounds like a long time to me. Sometimes, 5 minutes is all you’ve got! The following recipe is a bit too simple to really be called a recipe.
As Geoffrey Rush says, “The recipe is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules.” Okay, so I switched up his words a little. Creative liberties, people. Argh! But I’ll get to the fiesta bowl in due time. Let’s start with dessert first, shall we? Yesterday, at the grocery store, I picked up something new:
Not just for baking!
Under the influence of Caitlin, I gave 100% chocolate another shot.
I’d tried 100% chocolate before and thought it wasn’t for me. But Caitlin insisted that you have to take more than just one bite, because the first bite is very bitter, but after the initial shock, your body gets used to it—and craves more. Turns out Caitlin knows exactly what she’s talking about! Ghirardelli 100% chocolate is so rich and smooth. Just one square is more than enough to satisfy a major chocolate craving. Take small bites and let it melt on your tongue.
Be warned: this stuff is not for the faint of heart. You must be a die-hard chocoholic. Now if you are a die-hard chocoholic, I challenge you to try this. You just might like it!
5-Minute Fiesta Bowl
(Serves 1)
- refried beans (lard-free)
- corn – canned or fresh
- Ro-tel tomatoes with chilis (Or, if you can’t find them, use regular diced tomatoes, and either add your own chilis or some hot sauce)
Mix all ingredients together; don’t just simply combine. The refried beans will add a fun thickness to the dish if you stir them up. Use more tomatoes for a soup. (This isn’t the tortilla soup I mentioned in an earlier post. I’ll get to that soon.)
Hi again Katie! Just getting back to you on your comment from earlier…Well, thank you for having such a great bloggie so I can leave nice comments on!
I feel awful for you that you don’t have a Farmer’s Market, boo:( One huge perk of LA is fresh produce all the time and saving a ton of money! HAve a great night!
ps. How can I comment back to you from the comment you left on my site? I wrote you back,hit reply but I don’t think you got it from earlier,I am still learning! lol any advice if you get a chance…
Hmmm… no I didn’t get it. But I can’t send replies like that either… As you know, you have to check back on my site in order to see my replies :(.
I tried, once, to enable the reply-by-email thing, but it messed up my email system, no longer letting me see who each comment was from. So you’re not the only one who doesn’t have it all figured out! 😕 Technology is so confusing!!
Katie, what kind of spiralizer do you use?? I definitely want to get one, but I don’t know what I’m shopping for!
This one: https://lett-trim.today/2009/07/22/spiralizer-spiralizer-youre-a-spiralizer-baby/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I love it; it’s easy-peasy to use :).
I purchased that same chocolate bar the other day. I picked it up to shave to make vegan mint chocolate ice cream, but now I’m going to have to taste a square. 😛
Ahh, Katie! I bought a bar of the 100% yesterday and tried it for the first time… how do you do it?! It was so, so, unbelievably bitter. I kept reminding myself that it was just like cacao nibs, but somehow it tasted 1000000000 times darker. Oh man. I don’t know if I can do it. lol.
LOL you have to take really small bites and savor… but it’s not for everyone. I mean, my dad drinks black coffee and I think it’s disgusting! Different strokes for different folks, right?
Oh, but you might want to try it in recipes before eating it straight up. Like recipes that have sugar/ or sweet recipes such as fudge babies or muffins. Then the sweetener from the recipe will be in the same bite as the chocolate… so maybe you’ll like it that way. But seriously, there’s no rule that says every person must like every food. 😉