Love the tiny tacos . Mmmm. Well this changes everything.
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These look great - I saw that video, too. I love Chef John!!
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us too!
i had been showing the BF a video on how to make tacos de canasta and then we saw that video.
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“Sure they may be tinier than regular tacos, but at least they’re harder to make!” LOL
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Adorable.
What happens to the rest of the tortilla?
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well, there isn’t that much left, but you could use it for fried tortilla strips, maybe for chilaquiles, or i would even grind them up and use them in an enchilada sauce. But the BF composted them before i could save them. 
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I am buying the cooking tweezer off Amazon. Which I was going to use to cook pasta and twirl pasta into that perfect nest .
Now I’m thinking of making those tiny tacos . Worlds smallest bite size at 1 inch . Yep I’ll need tweezers.
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Falafel redux. The last time we had it was a few weeks ago when my older son was still at home. But we took him to college last week, and now I’ve been learning to cook for 3 
I had enough frozen falafel batter to make the perfect 9 balls. Some of the sides were the same as before. Hummus, pickles, garlic dip. New was a fun beet/garlic/evoo/pom molasses dip as well as a tomato and feta salad. Beets and tomatoes from the garden. All served with some warmed TJ naans. They ran out of pita.
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I’ve never made falafel but really need to try as there isn’t any local to me. Do you have a favorite recipe?
And as long as I’m asking for things, can you point me to the beet dip recipe? I have beets coming in today’s CSA box and it sounds and looks delicious.
Thx
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Absolutely.
Beet dip: https://alexandracooks.com/2020/07/10/raw-beet-dip-with-greek-yogurt/
Another HO mentioned it a while ago and if I remembered who, I would give credit!
Falafel: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/my-favorite-falafel-231755
I love this one - easy and consistent results. Once you make the mix, it freezes beautifully. Having done both, I suggest freezing the entire mix, and making balls after you thaw, rather than freezing balls. They turn slightly back into mush again after thawing.
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That’s great, but it just always scared me…
Are those the lanterns with the net things on them? Those made me nervous too. I’m obviously not a camper!
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@emglow101 We keep a Coleman pump-up in the “earthquake” kit, with propane within arm’s distance. Battery lamps instead of lantern.
BTW, husband offered up one of his industrial tweezers for the kitchen. 12", cheaper probably than chef’s.
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hooray for pickapeppa!
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Thank you so much!! I can’t wait to try them both.
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I had some left over ingredients from the weekend I couldn’t stand not using so tonight was re-purposing some wonderful colossal crab meat and lobster.
We have; lobster fra’diablo pie - crab meat and bernaise with red onion and ricotta - white pie with fig prosciutto goat cheese and balsamic reduction.
A nice combination!!! (Store bought crust)
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Not much of an appetite so settled on a salad.
Watermelon, heirloom tomatoes, cotija, and basil…topped with sherry vinegar and olive oil. (Thank you to the NYT.)
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Tonight we made a sort of fattoush topped with chicken and tahini-yogurt dressing. The veggies were dressed with lemon vinaigrette. Steamed seasoned green beans on the side.
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was telling my brother in Canada how I missed my bibingka ( sort of pancake made from rice flour, cheese and topped with grated coconut . I used to bake it with charcoal on bottom and charcoal on top lining it with banana leaves.
Well, I just received 10 of them which he ordered from a caterer in LA 2 days ago .
I ate half of one already as shown in the picture,.
Guess wil have to freeze los of them . Reserved 2 for breakfast. It is yummy even when no grated coconut was sent.
They were a bit out of shape . I do not know how it was packaged bec my son brought it in ,
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That’s a very sweet gift!
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