A positive spinach on soft tacos

Friday night Mexican made a triumphant return to its roots as this week's dish was done with ingredients that we had on hand and all in about 45 minutes.  Single-handedly!


So here is Spinach Tacos with Caramelized Onion, Fresh Cheese and Red Chile from Mexican Everyday along with Smokey-chipotle salsa with pan-roasted tomatillos.  This dish doesn't look like much at all, but it is super tasty.  Promise.  Let's get down to business.

Shrimp Free Chipotle Shrimp

What happens when you take the shrimp out of chipotle shrimp? You get this tasty vegetarian dinner, that's what.  Next week we're going to try taking the chipotle out too, just to see what happens.   So this is Chipotle Shrimp from Mexican Everyday made with the Tofu instructions.

Beware, here be zucchini.

Tamales

None of what you're about to see was performed by a stunt double.  After two weeks of enchiladas and one day of eating Mexican food that came out of a box, it was time to blow the roof off of this thing. FNM has achieved legendary status with one of my better half's coworkers and he was on the ticket for tonight's meal; we had to raise the bar again.

If I had to level a complaint at Fiesta at Rick's, it's that the pages keep falling out.  We've already taped several back in and Pork Picadillo Sweet Corn Tamales has now joined that list.  As an appetizer, we also cranked out Plantain-Stuffed Chipotle Chiles in Escabeche, although its page remains embedded in the book.  Read on!