Bean and cheese pupusas with salsa are one of the most delicious, budget friendly and satisfying meals you can make at home! They’re the perfect meatless meal. Made with simple ingredients but they’re real big on flavor! They’re basically thick corn tortillas filled with creamy black beans and melty cheese then cooked on a hot …
Bean gorditas or “gorditas de frijol” are truly one of my favorite meatless Mexican meals to make for my family. I love making them to repurpose leftover refried beans. I make a pot of beans every week so I almost always have leftovers. This recipe is versatile so you can make your own refried beans …
Chicharrones en salsa de frijol or pork rinds in bean sauce is a delicious, easy and inexpensive dish I like to prepare every now and then. My husband often likes to buy chicharrones at one of the nearby Mexican carnicerias. When he does this I like to use what’s leoftver to make this dish. It’s …
This black bean vegetable soup is everything I want in a meatless dinner. It is cozy, hearty, packed with flavor, and surprisingly satisfying. I used dry black beans and simmered them low and slow. Then I blended half the beans to make the broth extra creamy while still keeping some whole for texture. It is …
I came up with this recipe during one of those weeks where the fridge was looking pretty sad and I really needed to make a grocery run however I really like a challenge and I was trying to be frugal so I decided to make due with what I had and these cheesy beef and bean …
These incredible enfrijoladas with dried chilies make for a truly delicious meatless meal.
This is the best chili recipe you’ll ever try! It’s insanely delicious and so easy to make. If you love chili, I highly recommend you give this recipe a try. You won’t regret it! Ingredients for chili Although the ingredient list looks a little long most of the ingredients are staple items I always have …
Today I’m going to show you how to make delicious black beans. They’re so easy and inexpensive and they go great as a side to many different dishes. This recipe is basically the same as my recipe for mashed frijoles pintos but with black beans instead of pintos. Ingredients needed If I have it on …
These mashed frijoles pintos (pinto beans) are very similar to refried beans but they’re not actually fried and there is no oil or lard in this recipe. Mashed pinto beans go great with a side of Mexican rice. For today’s recipe we’re going to make a pot of beans then the beans will be mashed …
This delicious chicken fideo soup uses leftover shredded rotisserie chicken making for a super easy and inexpensive recipe that you can whip up in no time! If you enjoy this recipe you’ll have to check out my fideo loco recipe next. Ingredients needed I used fresh corn kernels because that is what I had if …