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April 13, 2005

Californian Taco Salad (for accompanying a tequila drink)

Yeah a recipe... got a problem with that motherfucker?

It is the season of cilantro. Have you noticed how damn good Cilantro has tasted for the last month? Is it something in the soil?

My latest cilantro-infused eating is this update on the Taco Salad, perfect with your favorite Tequila-infused beverage (La Paloma is my favorite -- and surely a recipe to come). It comes in two parts -- the chips and the salad.

Start with the oven-preheating and chip prep; switch over to pulling the salad together, and so on. It’s light and easy. Get on it.

Serves 4-ish, as a side.

“The Chips”

You need:
- Vegetable or Canola Oil (Vegetable or Canola)
- 2 Small Corn Tortillas

Make ‘em:
1. Preheat the over to 425
2. Brush a cookie sheet lightly with oil
3. Brush Tortillas lightly will oil on one side
4. Cut tortillas in 6 pieces and place dry-side-down on the cookie sheet
5. Bake about 10 minutes or until they look crispy but not burnt

“The Salad”

You need:
- A good bunch of spinach (or one of those 5 oz. bags)
- 2 Avacados, cubed
- 2 Mangoes, cubed
- Tomatoes, diced large
- 2 loose tablespoons of rough chopped cilantro
- Juice from have a good lime
- Olive Oil to taste
- Salt and Pepper to taste

Make it:
1. Place the ingredients through the cilantro in a large bowl.
2. Squeeze lime over the ingredients.
3. Add a couple splashes of Olive Oil. Salt (somewhat generously) and pepper.
4. Toss gently -- you don’t want to destroy your avacados (if you want to make guac make guac -- if you want to make this, be gentle).
5. Test the levels and adjust salt and oil as necessary.

The Finish
Serve in bowls ringed with the chips.
Have someone make your drink while you put on the final touches.
Kick it.


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Also on Rock Heals
Week 6 Is Habit Forming with another episode of 911 Diaries and a review
Week 4: Perdue, the Pope and Bellows. Oh my! with 911 Diaries, Mike Grau, and music from M_GP
Week 3 Waits Patiently for Spring Weather with a comic from John Shanchuk
Week 2 In the Time or Rock Heals with poetry from Justin Sirois; and
Week 1 Where it All Began with poetry from Mark Wallace

Posted by Rock Heals at April 13, 2005 12:05 AM