Lately, I’m needing to come up with even quicker meals.
Katie, your recipes are already quick and easy. How much simpler can they get? What about a meal in 5 minutes? Sorry to Rachael Ray, but 30 minutes to dinner sounds like a long time to me. Sometimes, 5 minutes is all you’ve got! The following recipe is a bit too simple to really be called a recipe.
As Geoffrey Rush says, “The recipe is more what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules.” Okay, so I switched up his words a little. Creative liberties, people. Argh! But I’ll get to the fiesta bowl in due time. Let’s start with dessert first, shall we? Yesterday, at the grocery store, I picked up something new:
Not just for baking!
Under the influence of Caitlin, I gave 100% chocolate another shot.
I’d tried 100% chocolate before and thought it wasn’t for me. But Caitlin insisted that you have to take more than just one bite, because the first bite is very bitter, but after the initial shock, your body gets used to it—and craves more. Turns out Caitlin knows exactly what she’s talking about! Ghirardelli 100% chocolate is so rich and smooth. Just one square is more than enough to satisfy a major chocolate craving. Take small bites and let it melt on your tongue.
Be warned: this stuff is not for the faint of heart. You must be a die-hard chocoholic. Now if you are a die-hard chocoholic, I challenge you to try this. You just might like it!
5-Minute Fiesta Bowl
(Serves 1)
- refried beans (lard-free)
- corn – canned or fresh
- Ro-tel tomatoes with chilis (Or, if you can’t find them, use regular diced tomatoes, and either add your own chilis or some hot sauce)
Mix all ingredients together; don’t just simply combine. The refried beans will add a fun thickness to the dish if you stir them up. Use more tomatoes for a soup. (This isn’t the tortilla soup I mentioned in an earlier post. I’ll get to that soon.)
Nicole (Picky Nicky) says
I’m totally with you on the chocolate! Well, acutally, i’ve never tried the 100% but I remember my first bite of 99% and I actually did spit it out. Now I much on the stuff whenever I want chocolate. It does take some time to adjust but it’s for the better, isn’t it?? 😉
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Once you go to the dark side, you never go back! 🙂
*Andrea* says
sounds yummy! i love QUICK meals.. well actually i just don’t like to cook/barely have time to make elaborate meals. i will definitely be making something like this! i love mixing refried beans with some light cheese and brown rice and salsa too. i wish i had a spiralizer!! those zucchinis look so fun to eat!
Sarah B @ Bake + Bike says
Wow your five-minute meals are seriously gourmet!! Those zucchini noodles look deeeeelicious.
Even as an insane chocoholic, I have never braved the 100% chocolate! I may have to give it a go. I do rather enjoy 80%, so perhaps my tastebuds will embrace the REAL DEAL.
My favourite home-made “fast food” is probably a big bowl of curried veggies over (leftover) brown rice!
Meghan says
My favorite “fast food” is veggie burgers. Quick and easy. I also like pasta with spinach and cherry tomatoes, very quick and easy.
BroccoliHut says
My ultimate fast food is a hearty smoothie with lots of nut butter, soymilk, and maybe some protein. YUM.
Kelsey says
right when i saw the sauce on there i thought “crack” haha!!! that really oozes throughout, oh my yum!! yum!! 😉
btw. my pictures only look good when i stand really steady/still. mine gets all blurry too. i usually have it on the ‘food setting’ which is good..but it does require no shaking..otherwise u’ll get a blurry pic. would be so much easier with one of those crazy SLR cameras that are thousands of bucks 🙂
xoxo <3
Marianne says
That bowl of Mexican fun is begging for some tortilla chips and avocado. Mostly because I love any foods I can dip. I think dips instantly make any meal more fun.
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
Just poppin in to say HI!!!
Fave “fast food” would be raw produce, raw salad beasts, fresh fruit, all pre chopped and washed. That’s my #1 tip…is to make time to do that, that way when hunger strikes, or a 3 yr old needs to eat something NOW, you dont have to resort to prepared foods or storebought things, you can have nature’s goodies. Or dates with nut butter, crackers w/ homemade dips, stuff like that is what we do in a hurry!
🙂
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
*Waves like a crazy girl at Averie*
Haha I remember the terrible threes with my cousin. If she didn’t get what she wanted–food included– ASAP, there was hell to pay! (She’s a lovely girl now hehe)
Anne @ Food Loving Polar Bear says
Ah, I love your blog because I can discover new things! zucchini noodles, mmmm! those must be SO good 🙂
couchpotatoathlete says
Favorite fast meals: eggs/toast, oatmeal, banana/PB, dates/PB, salad, fresh fruit. I try to have good things on hand so that I can make fast meals.
I love your fiesta in a bowl, it looks so delicious!
MoniMeals says
Hi again Katie! Just getting back to you on your comment from earlier…Well, thank you for having such a great bloggie so I can leave nice comments on!
I feel awful for you that you don’t have a Farmer’s Market, boo:( One huge perk of LA is fresh produce all the time and saving a ton of money! HAve a great night!
ps. How can I comment back to you from the comment you left on my site? I wrote you back,hit reply but I don’t think you got it from earlier,I am still learning! lol any advice if you get a chance…
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Hmmm… no I didn’t get it. But I can’t send replies like that either… As you know, you have to check back on my site in order to see my replies :(.
I tried, once, to enable the reply-by-email thing, but it messed up my email system, no longer letting me see who each comment was from. So you’re not the only one who doesn’t have it all figured out! 😕 Technology is so confusing!!
lizlivingvegan says
Katie, what kind of spiralizer do you use?? I definitely want to get one, but I don’t know what I’m shopping for!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
This one: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/07/22/spiralizer-spiralizer-youre-a-spiralizer-baby/
I love it; it’s easy-peasy to use :).
Keri - I Eat Trees says
I purchased that same chocolate bar the other day. I picked it up to shave to make vegan mint chocolate ice cream, but now I’m going to have to taste a square. 😛
Kelsey @ Clean Teen Kelsey says
Ahh, Katie! I bought a bar of the 100% yesterday and tried it for the first time… how do you do it?! It was so, so, unbelievably bitter. I kept reminding myself that it was just like cacao nibs, but somehow it tasted 1000000000 times darker. Oh man. I don’t know if I can do it. lol.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
LOL you have to take really small bites and savor… but it’s not for everyone. I mean, my dad drinks black coffee and I think it’s disgusting! Different strokes for different folks, right?
Oh, but you might want to try it in recipes before eating it straight up. Like recipes that have sugar/ or sweet recipes such as fudge babies or muffins. Then the sweetener from the recipe will be in the same bite as the chocolate… so maybe you’ll like it that way. But seriously, there’s no rule that says every person must like every food. 😉