Kalua pork tamales. Is that a thing? Even if it’s not, it should be. Leftover kalua pork makes for a delicious tamale filling. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself!
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Got some leftover tortillas lying around? The obvious choice would to be make a deluxe migas for breakfast. Tortilla fried with some eggs, hot sauce and pico de Gallo or salsa and piled high with toppings. Breakfast can’t get any better than this.
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Cinco de mayo calls for tacos. And I went all out this year by making carnitas from scratch in my crock pot! So easy, and so, so good. I totally understand why the recipes are always doubled at first!
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When it’s the apocalypse outside and you’re running out of food? Raid the canned vegetable aisle. I hope you’ll have better luck since I was only able to grab a couple odd cans of beans and tomatoes. No fret if they stray off the beaten path a little - it’s the spices that really make this dish. Sopas de tortillas is a breeze to make can be whipped up in 30 minutes or less. Get on it!
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Chilaquiles. Chee-lah-kee-less. Have you had it before? A Mexican breakfast staple that takes leftover stale tortillas and fries them up until crispy with salsa roja and topped with cheese, eggs and avocado. If that’s not the best breakfast ever, I don’t know what is. Plus, it takes like five minutes to make - done!
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Give me eggs, give me leftover tortilla chips and you have breakfast in about 5 minutes. No, seriously. This is the quickest breakfast ever, especially useful for those days when you wake up hangry! Kick up the heat with my version of migas, featuring two types of peppers if you’re a pepperhead like me! Mexicanize your breakfast and you will never go back to regular scrambled eggs ever again.
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