Crunchy Black Bean Tacos

The past two weeks I have been tired, mentally, and physically!  So dinners have been less than fabulous.  But I finally have a little energy back, and school is done, so I am trying to get back into the swing of things around here.  Last night I made Crunchy Black Bean Tacos for dinner, tonight I am making Cream Cheese and Black Bean Chicken.  Both are were recipes I originally found on Pinterest, and just tweeked a little bit.

Crunchy Black Bean Tacos
adapted from Endlesssimmer.com

Ingredients:
2 C. black beans, cooked

1 C. pinto beans, cooked

½ C. onion, minced
1 tsp. cumin
4 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped
2 cups cheese, grated
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Pinch of salt and pepper
All natural corn tortillas

Directions:
1) In a skillet, add beans along with onion, cilantro, and spices. Add a pinch of salt, and simmer for a few minutes, then lightly mash all of the ingredients together. Grate your cheese and have it ready as well.

2) In a large, non-stick skillet or cast iron skillet, add a few tablespoons of oil and heat over medium-high heat.

3) Add one corn tortilla at a time and let each get hot in the oil for a few seconds. Then add about 1/4 cup of the bean filling to one half of the tortilla. Top with a sprinkle of grated cheese.

4) Using a spatula, carefully fold the tortilla over so it forms a shell. Press down lightly on the tortilla so it holds its shape.

5) As the first tortilla cooks, move it to the side and do a second one. Depending on the size of your pan, you should be able to get 2 or 3 tacos at once. If you have a griddle you can do even more at once.

6) Cook each taco for about 3 minutes per side until they are nicely browned and crispy.

7) When flipping the taco to cook on the other side, use a spatula and flip the taco toward the fold so the filling doesn't fall out.

8) Serve tacos with toppings like hot sauce, salsa, avocados, and sour cream.

Viola, there you have it!  Easy and delicious!  Not to mention, healthy and REAL. Everyone gobbled them up around here, I served them with Salsa and fresh corn.  I personally only had the tacos, and they were very filling.

I will do my best to get another blog up tomorrow with tonight's dinner recipe and review.

Haven't talked exercise in awhile.... but I swear I am still doing it!  The first 8 weeks or so were HARD, I was just so tired, and out of breath all the time!  But I did what I could, as often as I could.  These past two weeks have been better energy wise, but now some things hurt, the lower area of my abdomen hurts when there is any "bouncing" (running jumping, etc) so I have to be careful about that, and I still tend to get out of breath quickly.  So I just try to monitor my heart rate and do as much as I can.  I have started to do more "Instructing" instead of modeling in my classes, and I finally told them all why so that has been a relief.  There are certain exercises I avoid all together because of research and things I have read.  It's advised to avoid walking lunges, so I don't do those, and any thing that has you lay flat on your back, such as crunches, weight bench exercises, etc.  Other than that there's not a lot I CAN'T do, I just have to modify it to my new level.... which has been hard to swallow.  LoL

Happy Hump day!  It's not too late to make this a good week and make some changes!  Try a new recipe, or a new work out, and feel good about yourself!