The past few weeks, we’ve been getting lots of use out of one of our new Christmas toys: a molcajete.
Have you seen these? It’s a traditional Mexican stone mortar and pestle, for making sauces, guacamole, or mashing beans. Once you get past the seasoning process, it’s fantastic (thanks to hubs for handling that).
We quickly threw together some yummy refried beans and guacamole for burritos last night, delish!
Refried White and Red Beans
- 1/2 onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 pepper, chopped
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 small jalepeno, chopped and seeded (optional)
- 1 can cannelini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 small can diced tomatoes, or 2 chopped plum tomatoes (optional)
- 1 tsp each: cumin, chili powder, oregano
- dash of salt and crushed red pepper
- fresh cilantro to top
Saute onion and pepper in 1 Tbsp olive oil until softened. Add garlic and beans, and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Add spices and tomatoes and simmer until warm. Serve on rice or tortillas with optional cheese, cilantro or sour cream.
Easy Guacamole
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1/4 red onion, finely diced
- 1 plum tomato, finely chopped
- juice of half a lime
- dash of salt, to taste
Mash all together well in a molcajete or medium bowl with fork. Sprinkle with fresh cilantro.
Menu Plan for the Week:
Sunday: Date night out, much needed!
Monday: Lindsay’s Asian Black Bean Burgers
Tuesday: Dinner out for L’s birthday 
Wednesday: Crock pot Vegetarian Split Pea soup
Thursday: Fish, roast veggies and quinoa
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Homemade pizza party for L’s 3rd birthday
Yum, your posts always make me so hungry.
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I never knew there was a name to the mortar and pestle! What a great recipe to share. I’m living off of guacamole lately.
Enjoy date night and Happy Birthday to L!
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WANT that guac. I knew I should have bought avocados at the grocery store yesterday…
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Guac love
I seem to be adding guac or avocado to everything lately.
Jill @ Fitness, Health and Happiness recently posted..What’s For Dinner Menu Plan
oh my, I want refried beans and guac now! Sadly, avocados and guac don’t make much of an appearance in our house because my kids are allergic to avocados. Can you believe that??! It’s a tragedy really. I sneak them sometimes and feel kind of guilty when I do.
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That meal looks amazing!!! Sounds like a fun Christmas toy!
Nice! I love homemade guac. I just use minced garlic, lemon juice and salt with my avocado. So good.
Your new tool looks like fun!
Yummy! Never can have enough guac!
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First of all, happy early Bday for L! I can’t believe she’s turning 3 already!! I love Avocado…thanks for the recipe!
BTW – my appetite has somewhat returned to normal, but boy, this week I have been feasting….
Guacamole is one of my favorite things to make! So easy and so delicious!
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Happy Birthday to L! It’s amazing how time flies! My Little Miss will be turning 2 on Saturday.
Yumm @ Guac !!!
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OMG yum. I now NEED some guac in my life. Immediately. Thanks for sharing!!
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I have never heard of a molcajete. Cool!
That looks like my kind of dinner – I love guac and beans. Yum!!
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I make really simple guac like that too minus the onion since we dont like it raw. I totally want one of those grinder things, but I just didnt know how much I’d use one. I guess for things like mashing beans for burgers it would be good too…Hm, now i want one!
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This is a great linkup idea. I was thinking about posting my weekly menu this week as well. I’ll probably end up linking up tomorrow too. I love guac! It’s on our menu this week too!
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Guac is so good! I love your easy recipe!
I absolutely could eat my body weight in guac. Yummy!
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There’s a Mexican place here that serves this amazing dish in a hot molcajete. Mmm, now I’m hungry!
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ahhhh, guac – quite possibly my favorite food in the whole wide world!
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I’m drooling over the guacamole!
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Never heard of a molcajete, but it looks like a great way to make guacamole : )
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I need to get into Gauc…I just haven’t acquired the tastebuds for it but I know my husband does so I’ll try this for him. Looks pretty good!
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hope you like the burgers!
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Happy Birthday L
I forgot her and O were so close in age, O turns 3 next Monday, where has the time gone?
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Yummy! I need to get back on the menu planning wagon.
When is L’s birthday? We had my son’s birthday party today – his birthday is on Thursday.
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Her birthday is Tuesday… happy birthday to your son!
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I’ve never heard of a molcajete! I’ll have to look that up because the guac recipe seems perfect. I don’t like store bought but I do like avocados so this should be perfect.
A homemade pizza party … yum and fun!
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I had never heard of it either, before moving to Texas.
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Holy guacamole! When I was in college, a local tavern used to serve these incredible nachos with tons of guacamole, refried beans, sour cream and black olives. To die for!
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The guacaomole looks great! See I just look at that photo of the molcajete and think what a pain it might be to wash?!!! Presumably it’s not really!
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