Sure, I can cook up beans from dried and make rice and all that, but sometimes, you just need a relatively healthy, cheap 10-minute meal. I always end up with leftover avocado, which I like to mash up with a little Tobasco and smear on chips. NOM.
1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 hefty glug olive oil
1/4 tsp bacon salt (or normal salt)
a few shakes of cumin
1/4 cup chipotle salsa
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and puree with a stick blender. Heat in the microwave (5 minutes) or the oven (15 minutes). Smear on tostada/taco shells* and top with any combination of the following:
1 tomato, diced
1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 avocado, diced
chipotle Tobasco sauce
Texas caviar
* If you don't have tostada shells, you can bake corn tortillas in the oven for 10 minutes or so at 400 degrees. Watch them carefully... you want them golden and crispy but not burnt.
