Black Beans

I made the black beans from Our Best Bites recently. They were so good!

Link here.

I served them with some lime-cilantro rice and cheese quesadillas. Yum!

Fried Plantains

I don't have an official recipe for these but they're a fun, something different sort of thing! We first had them at our friend's house in Pennsylvania. In case you don't know, plantains look like bananas but they're not sweet. You buy as many as you want (we usually get two for our family of five). Then you put about an inch of cooking oil in a pan. Peel and slice the plantain into 1/2" circles. When the oil is hot, put a few of them in at a time and cook until lightly browned on each side. Remove them from the pan and flatten with the bottom of a cup until they're about 1/8-1/4" thick. (They'll look sort of like banana chips.) Put them back in the oil and fry a little bit longer on both sides. Remove and place on a paper towel. Sprinkle with sea salt.

We went to a Caribbean restaurant recently and they served these with fry sauce. It was good, but I tend to like them best plain.

Cilantro Lime Rice

1 1/2 tablespoons olice oil
1 c. long-grain white rice
2 c. chicken broth
1/4 tsp. salt
grated rind and juice of l med. lime
1/2 c. chopped cilantro

l. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat; add
rice, stirring to coat.
2. Add broth and salt; increase heat and
bring to a boil. Stir once.
3. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook
20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand l0
minutes.
4. Fluff rice with a fork and stir in lime
rind, juice and cilantro. Serves 4