Banana Muffins

So this recipe normally calls for the use of cooking oil... but i simply used olive oil because i didn't have any. Turned out good anyways.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

pinch of salt

2 egg whites (slightly beaten)

2 mashed bananas (make sure they are really ripe, browning)

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup olive oil

Non-stick spray to coat the muffin tin

Directions:

+ Preheat oven at 350 degrees

1. Begin by mixing the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a medium bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix the egg whites, banana, sugar, and oil. Incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir the batter until moistened.
3. Spray a 6-muffin tin with non-stick coating and evenly distribute the batter into the pan.
4. Bake in oven for approx 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean from the center of a muffin.
5. Cool the muffins for 10 mins in pan and then completely thereafter on a wire rack.

Makes 6 plump muffins.

Pollo de Tinga

Pollo De Tinga

Ingredients
6 Chicken thighs (stripped of fat)
1 large onion (half chopped in slices and other half cut in quarters)
8-9 cloves of garlic
3 tomatoes
1 can of Chipotle in Adobo sauce
Salt and Pepper

1 bag of Tostadas (Guerrero)
Sour Cream
Chopped Cilantro

Directions:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place one of the quartered onion and 3 cloves of garlic in the water. After chicken is stripped of fat place chicken inside water. Allow chicken to cook for approx 12 - 15mins.
2. While the chicken is cooking, take the three tomatoes and cook them whole on a frypan with no oil. Allow the skin to slightly brown.
3. Put 3 garlic cloves, a quarter of onion (not the ones that have been boiling with chicken), 2-3 chipotle peppers, and tomatoes in a food processesor. Blend everything together until a smooth consistency. Put aside.
4. Take chicken out of the water and allow to cool before stripping. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE BROTH. This is quality chicken broth that will help keep the tinga from getting too dry. Once the chicken has cooled strip the chicken.
5. Put a tablespoon of olive oil on a frypan and bring up to medium heat. Cook the sliced onion now until soft and translucent. Then add 2 cloves of chopped garlic until fragrant. Immediately pour in the chipotle tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. Add the stripped chicken and simmer until the consistency of the tinga is to your liking.
6. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serving suggestion:

- Spread some sour cream on top of the large round Tostada Chips (I prefer Guerrero), add the tinga and then garnish with cilantro.

Tips: However spicy you want the tinga to be depends soley on the Chipotle. Also I suggest that you buy the canned Chipotle because the Adobo sauce that is already added has an excellent smokey flavor.

enjoy!

Fluffy White Frosting

INGREDIENTS
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS

• In a saucepan, stir together the sugar, water and cream of tartar. Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is bubbly.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whip the egg whites and vanilla to soft peaks. Gradually add the sugar mixture while whipping constantly until stiff peaks form, about 7 to 10 minutes. Frost the cake of your choice.