Finally Pineapple!!!

Finally we had just pineapple and enjoyed it very much. Simple, simple and delicious breakfast…

Ingredients:
Pineapple
Sweet bread (Pan de dulce)
Coffee

Preparation:
1) Peel the pineapple and cut it into wedges.
2) Serve the pineapple with “Pan de dulce” and coffee. We had a kiwi from another day so we ate it too!!!
3) Enjoy.

Don’t talk to me in the middle of it.

This is one of my favourite dishes so far. I have to tell you that Brian has great ideas in many areas, he is a real man, the man to travel with… Nothing is impossible with him and cooking is a pleasure. The following dish can be prepared on target (budget) without diminishing the quality.

Ingredients:
Rib-eye steak
Pineapple
Corn
Avocados
Cilantro
Jalapeño
Onion
Tortillas
Olive oil
Butter
Salt
Seasoning salt

Preparation:
Tortilla chips or “totopos”-
1) Cut several tortillas in strips or triangles.
2) Add olive oil to a pan and drop some tortilla strips or triangles in it until they are brown ish.
3) Take them from the pan and place them on a napkin to drip the unnecessary oil. Do the same with the rest.

Corn-
4) As simple as just cook the corn in some water until is tender and put aside.

Steak-
5) Prepare the steak with some oil and seasoning salt.
6) Fry in a little bit of oil and add some butter once it is cooking. Ensure all the juice is poured on the steak while this is being cooked.
7) Cook the steak to the level you desire.

Caramelized pineapple-
8) Cut strips of pineapple and place them on the pan.
9) Let the strips cook until they have a brown appearance.

Guacamole-
10) Peel the avocados and place them in a bowl.
11) Cut a piece of onion, jalapeño y cilantro in fine pieces and add them to the bowl.
12) Add some salt and mix all these ingredients together ensuring a chunky consistency, you will enjoy it more.

Finally put all these items together on a plate in a way that makes you feel good…

-Safety first-

-Pineapple goes excellent on this dish-

Quesadillas.

Simple, simple, simple!!! and tasty. A package of tortillas, if not fresh, is about $8 pesos / 25 pieces; or you can buy a fresh kilo of tortillas at the “tortillería” for $7 pesos. We needed tortillas that were a bit harder than fresh for other purposes so we bought a package. Cheese prices depend on the type, a typical cheese for quesadillas costs around $17 for a ¼ kilo in Mazatlan but as we head South prices will be better…

Ingredients:
Tortillas
Cheese

Preparation:
1) Warm the tortilla, add some cheese previously cut in reasonable pieces.
2) Let the cheese melt.
3) Ready!!!
4) You can always add a piece of tomato, avocado or anything you like.

Simple curry.

Thai food is one of my favourites and unfortunately/fortunately we have left the land of beauty: Canada, specifically Vancouver when it comes to food. The good thing is that I packed some Thai-curry paste with us and Seonaid, my friend who lives in Smithers BC, sent me away with some powder coconut milk. Today we finally cooked a meal with these ingredients.

Ingredients:
2 Chicken thighs
Powder coconut milk
Thai-curry paste
Veggies (the other half of the bundle used to cook Sopa de Verduras)
Raisins
Rice
Butter


Preparation:
1) Cook the chicken in some water.
2) Use the broth from the cooked chicken to boil the rice.
3) In another pan, use a bit of butter to cook the veggies and once they are soft add the powder coconut milk, Thai-curry paste and water until it has a creamy consistency.
4) Add the chicken and cook for couple of minutes.
5) Add some raisins.
6) Serve the rice with the flavoured veggies on top.
7) This is NOT Rob Fennie, these are just “Brian & Deya” cooking with love!!!

Ensalada de frutas.

Brian has been wishing to have a fruit salad for a while and he wanted to get pineapple for it but I insisted we should get some new things like “chirimoya”. We will eat the pineapple in another occasion, I promise Brian!!!
The entire bill for this wonderful salad was $38.80 pesos, you do the math… By the way, we only used half of the items we bought for this salad.

Ingredients:
Oranges (Naranjas)
Guabas (Guayabas)
Kiwis
Bananas (Plátanos)
Chirimoya
Lime (Limón)
Sugar

To go with it you can get some sweet bread (pan de dulce).


Preparation:
1) Wash and cut all the ingredients in reasonable pieces.
2) Sprinkle some sugar and lime.
3) Enjoy!!!

-Market place Pino Suarez in Mazatlan, Sinaloa-

-Pan de dulce-

Sopa de verduras.

This soup is really really simple and nutritious. It is also inexpensive, the bundle of veggies only costs $12 pesos in the market and the piece of chicken $5 pesos. I guess I should remind you that $1 Canadian dollar is equal to approximately $11 Mexican pesos, so we can really eat well under budget or on target… but well. Prices are fair in Mazatlan (Sinaloa) but I know prices will get better as we head South; the North of Mexico was expensive… EXPENSIVE!!!

Ingredients:
1 Bundle of veggies
1 Piece of chicken
“Caldo de tomate” Knorr (in cubes)
1 Jalapeño
Rice
Salt
Lime

Preparation:
1) Boil the piece of chicken with a little bit of salt.
2) Once chicken is ready add rice.
3) Add half of the bundle of veggies or as much as you consider is appropriate along with “Caldo de tomate” and 1 jalapeño.
4) Let it cook, preferably al dente.
5) Serve with a piece of lime.

-Bundle of veggies-

The kitchen sink.

This dish was fantastic; I am still sweating from the spicy flavour. We called it the kitchen sink because it has everything “but” the kitchen sink…

Ingredients:
Carrots
Onions
Jalapeños
“Carne machaca” (dehydrated meat from Sonora)
“Caldo de tomate” Knorr (in cubes)
Noodles
“Chiltepín” pepper from Sonora
“Bolillos”
Cooked sausage
Lime (if desired)

Preparation:
1) Boil water and once boiling add carrots, onions and jalapeños.
2) After 2 minutes add “Carne machaca”, “Caldo de tomate” and noodles.
3) Spice the soup with “Chiltepín” pepper previously ground.
4) To accompany the soup prepare a “Bolillo” (Mexican bun) with cooked sausage.
5) If possible relax your muscles with “Barley therapy” = BEER!!!
6) Enjoy.