Weeknights Tacos

There are weekends when I have all the time in this world to cook that single dish or meal, spending couple of hours browsing through various cookbooks, internet, blogs that inspire, to find that one chosen recipe. And going through that involving quest, with me moves my laptop and a cup of coffee from couch to kitchen counter to the chair in the balcony to couch again.

Such liberty of time I have at my expense some of the times. But those days come very rarely. And I long for them to come soon. That’s another story, that it happens once in a while. Mostly it’s me running around, trying to complete various unfinished procrastinated tasks which pile up during the maddening weekdays.

And in a desperation to  finish those chores, so that they do not get buried down by the upcoming ones, I sometime forget about the nutritional value of the meals I am having.

And very recently, a friend of mine made me realized that all this stress because of long working hours is making me deprived of my daily nutrition intake. Mulling over the subject, I went to stock up the groceries for the week to come. And when I was at the checkout counter, my trolley was full of all the fresh produce of this season; fruits, vegetable, herbs etc.

This fresh and healthy recipe for tacos is what I am leaving you with right now, which I prepared  for a midweek dinner, using all those simple yet wonderful ingredients. It was so simple to put up and so delicious to devour that you get to realize that keeping good care of yourself is not that tough. Filling, dressing and the garnish can be as varied as you like.

Ingredients

fresh flour or corn tortillas
avocado (cubes or slices)
tomatoes, chopped
sour cream or creme fraiche
1 cup freshly boiled beans of your choice
2 lime, zested and juiced
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
1 jalapeno, membranes and seeds removed, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tbsp salsa sauce
fresh ground pepper
pinch of salt

Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro, olive oil, lime juice, garlic, jalapenos, zest, pepper and salt and set aside.
2. On a hot griddle, heat up the tortillas on both sides for 2 minutes each.
3. Fill up each tortilla with beans, sour cream, salsa sauce, avocado, fresh salsa {made in previous step}, roll them up and serve immediately.