It seems like I am finally catching up with things so very quickly, here are the winners for I love baking from September and October and the two first courses I served at my 24,24,24 party a couple of weeks ago Let’s start with the food:
The first course was black bean salsa in mini tortilla cups:
Remember this pinto bean salsa recipe? I used the same one just with a few changes. I used black beans instead of pinto beans, of course, and red onion instead of white. And when I cooked the beans I added 3 cloves to the pot (this is actually a tip I got from my friend Bren. If you haven’t visited her blog you are missing out big time) and a little bit of epazote 5 minutes before I turned the heat off. That gave the bean salsa a lot of flavor.
The second course was classic guacamole in mini tortilla cups:
I usually add tomato to my guacamole, but I wanted to make this only with avocados. I don’t know if that is more “original” or not, but the buttery texture and flavor of an only-avocados guacamole was what I was looking for here. Guacamole is not difficult to make. You can get follow this Perfect Guacamole Recipe on Simply Recipes or watch the following video:
And now to the I love baking event winners:
September winners:
Savory entry: Divya’s Homemade Baked Potato Chips
Sweet entry: Cinnamon Spice’s Chai-Spiced Banana and Fig Muffins
October winners:
Savory entry: js and ts’s Faux-stuffed Basa Fillets with Olives, Tomatoes, Lemons and Oranges
Sweet entry: Ivy’s Galatopita
Remember that I love baking event is a monthly event where the only rule is that your dish must be baked at some point of its preparation. Every month you can participate with up to 2 entries (one savory and one sweet) for the opportunity to win great prizes!
¡Buen provecho!
14 Replies
Congratulations to Ivy & JS & TS.
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
i love the idea of serving the quac right in the chips like that
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Mmm…these would go perfectly with soup tonight. Anything w/ guac & beans is heaven to me. Congrats to the I Love Baking winners!
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Estos paquetitos de colores me parecen tan apetitosos, Ben
Congrats to the winners!!!!!
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Ben these are wonderful appetizers. Simple yet elegant and filling. Great ideas mijo. Thanks.
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
These are gorgeous & just right for the upcoming party season!
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Congrats to all the winners. I really liked the banana fig muffins. Mmmm I kinda miss figs.
Nice job on the black beans and cloves combo, Ben. I’ll agree Bren has a cool site and some ideas
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Congratulations to the winners! And I love your party starters Ben! Simple and easy.
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I would love tasting each of these. Congrats to the winners!
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
We’re usually too lazy to make hors d’oeuvres type foods.
These look so nice.
Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Oh yeah, baby! Those tortilla cups are so cute! Did you make them yourself? I want tortilla cups, man!
Awesome spread, Ben.
Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 5:59 am
i really love those cups…and cheers to all the winners…
Posted on November 13th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Your appetizers are absolutely beautiful. And your trays, I especially love the red one.
Posted on November 20th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Great idea. I like the idea of the tortilla cups. They make your appetizers look so elegant.
Posted on February 25th, 2009 at 9:34 am
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