Is there any more draining question than, “What’s for dinner?”
I don’t know. I haven't had time to shop… and didn’t I just feed you? Listen, now that the kids are all off school it means a full time food production line goes into full overdrive.
Or not.
Sometimes (read: often) I just can’t be arsed to go BACK out to the shops, so I have a root around in my cupboards and usually find these staples- eggs and tinned beans. Not the ones in tomato sauce- those are delicious too though- I mean cannelini beans and a mixed combo of kidney and black eyed beans.
My version of Huevos Rancheros is filling, energy rich, and bursting with big flavour for minimal effort. It’s a win-win in my house.
Huevos Rancheros
Ingredients
- 3 Shallots, or 1 small red onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tin of cannellini beans, drained
- 1 tin mixed beans, drained- kidney, black eye peas etc
- Half to 1 heaped tsp garlic powder
- Half to 1 heaped tsp chili powder
- 1 heaped tsp cumin
- ½ tsp of dried oregano
1 Oxo cube
Red wine
Red cherry tomatoes
4 ripe avocados & 1 lime
8-10 eggs
Grated cheese
1 small tub of sour cream or Greek yoghurt
Tortillas
I like mine spicy 🔥 so I add jalapeno peppers to mine
Method
- Put a large frying pan on medium heat
- Chop the shallots in the magic chopper. Add glug of olive oil to warmed pan, add chopped shallots. Let soften for a few minutes. Add chopped garlic.
- Drain the liquid out of tinned cannellini and mixed beans. Add to frying pan with garlic and shallots. Stir.
- Add your dried herbs: chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and oregano.
- Crumble in Oxo cube and stir through beans adding a ½ glass of red wine
- Stir to combine and warmed through- about five minutes
- Take beans off heat and decant into heat proof bowl, cover while you get on with the rest of the bits
- Quarter tomatoes- set aside in a bowl
- Half and stone avocados. Pop them out of their skins, slice and douse in lime juice and a sprinkle of salt
- Small tub of sour cream or yoghurt- set aside
- Small bowl of grated cheese- set aside
- Poach Eggs- I use a wok-like pan- deeper with rounded edges- I bring the water to the boil, reduce to a simmer and then add eggs one by one. I break the eggs into a mug and then lower them gently into pan of simmering water.
- While the eggs poach I fry the wraps in butter/olive oil and then it’s an assembly job
Assembly
Put 1 to 2 wraps per plate- add beans, grated cheese & top with eggs, tomatoes, avocado and sour cream. Add jalapenos if you want it hot 💚 Eggs are not only great protein sources but also a source of biotin- the B vitamin which supports healthier skin and hair. Also beans not only offer great fibre (we ALL need more fibre) but are amino acid rich for skin and hair support… kinda like my fabÜ SKIN GLOW - fabuwellness which also contains all the goodies for healthier skin, hair and nails ✨
Enjoy! Let me know how you like your eggs….. Laura x
