Nopal con huevo (this recipe is also posted in English)

El nopal es un tipo de cactus mexicano muy nutritivo. Hoy usamos la receta tradicional de mamá y lo cocinamos con tomates verdes, jitomate (así llamamos en México al tomate rojo), cebolla, cilantro, cayena y 1 huevo.




Pica los nopales y los tomates verdes en cuadritos y cocínalos con algo de aceite durante unos 45 minutos, hasta que la savia del nopal (a la cual en México le llamamos “baba” debido a su apariencia) se evapore.



Pica los jitomates y la cebolla en cuadritos y cocínalos con aceite en otro sartén durante unos 20 minutos.

Pica el cilantro sin el tallo y añádelo al sartén en donde se cocinan los jitomates. Añade algo de sal, pimienta y cayena (o chile piquín).

Cuando la mayor parte de la savia (baba) del nopal se haya evaporado, revuelve el contenido de los dos sartenes. Al final, añade el huevo batido, revuelve todo junto y sirve en el plato con aguacate.

¡Y viva México!

God Save Ireland! (this post is also in Spanish)

I have divided feelings today. On one hand I am very happy because France classified today for the 2010 FIFA football soccer world cup. (I consider myself a little bit French, although Moni would say that I am not even 25% French and maybe a genetics study would show a 5% French origin, but I love it when France plays).
On the other hand I feel unhappy, because Ireland was a better team on the field today, and the French goal should have been disqualified because Thierry Henry stopped the ball with his hand after being off-side (two violations to the rules in one play).
I am considering cooking an Irish dish to even off my divided soul after that flagrant act of injustice.
But I am also going to cook something French (e.g. a vegetarian onion soup) and celebrate with a glass of wine, laughing and crying, crying and chanting: "Allez les Bleus!"

I am sorry, this is supposed to be a cooking blog, not a football blog. I am just writing this because it was an act of injustice and I could not remain silent (even if nobody reads this, my soul knows that I am doing the only thing I can do: "write about it").

And cooking this Irish dish will also help. At least it will help me (Moni could not care less). The issue here is that the only thing that I know for sure comes from Ireland is their beer. But no problem, the web must be full with Irish recipes.

What did we cook today? Well, not much, Moni made a delicious juice (papaya,...
and I made a delicious breakfast:
1. Kefir with soy milk flavoured with walnuts.
2. Amaranth, raisins, walnuts, sweetened with maple syrup (real maple syrup brought from Quebec).

We had to eat at the restaurant, though. We had an appointment with the catering lady to decide on the flowers we want for the wedding. Then I had to see my retina physiologist to check my deteriorating retinas, and my pupils were dilated, so I was literally "flashed" the whole evening.

But we ate interesting things that I promise I'll learn to cook and report the recipes here.
We both had tortilla soup. Then Moni ate quesadillas with "pumpkin flower" (flor de calabaza) and huitlacoche, and I had a delicious salad: an avocado half resting on a lettuce, carrot and tomato bed, topped with tuna fish. I seasoned it with olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
Et voilà!