Little Chefs Dubai recipes of Mexico
`Skills: slicing, frying, mixing
Quesadillas
You can put anything in quesadillas! You can have them for breakfast with turkey bacon and eggs and cheese, you can have
them for lunch, dinner or a snack with bananas, honey and Nutella.
*Take a flour tortilla and put desired topping on half, we used black beans, onions. Top with Monterrey jack
cheeses or your favorite or a combination.
*Peanut butter and jelly- spread half tortilla with peanut butter and jelly. Fold in half; spread both sides with
butter and heat till crispy and golden.
*Sliced apples and brown sugar…
Fold in half. Spread outer sides with butter and place in medium hot pan. After 2-3 minutes flip and cook other side 3
minutes.
Slice and serve with guacamole or
Salsa or even ketchup! Salsa means sauce in Spanish!
Easy Salsa
Diced tomatoes
Diced onions
Finely chopped garlic
Finely chopped coriander
Finely chopped chilies
Salt
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Mix with mayo or ketchup; use as a dip for French fries.
Combine with softened butter and refrigerate; add thin slices to a grilled steak.
Stir into scrambled eggs or add to omelets and frittatas.
Add to burger meat mixtures or slather on top of burgers (or both!).
Add lime juice and canola oil and marinate meat.
Replace tomato sauce on a homemade pizza.
Make a béchamel sauce, add salsa and toss with pasta.
Stir into cooked rice; add olives and cheddar cheese.
Layer onto a grilled cheese sandwich.
Add salsa as your secret ingredient to soups, stews or chilies.
Add breadcrumbs and feta cheese to salsa; stuff into eggplant halves.
Use as an easy start to bruschetta.
Mix with goat cheese and use as a dip for veggies or serve with crackers.
For a quick Mediterranean spin, top fish or chicken and bake.
Add cucumbers, jalapeños, tomatoes and vegetable stock to salsa. Purée into gazpacho.
Mix equal parts with yogurt or sour cream; slather on a baked potato or combine with mashed potatoes.
Add to meatloaf to give it a Mexican flair.
Stir into chicken salad, tuna salad or potato salad.
Use as a base for salad dressing.
Add to mac and cheese.
Make a salad with rice, beans, avocado and cheese.
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