Today is SRC day here on Kitchen Belleicious and I have the pleasure of being assigned to Veronica from Veronica’s Cornucopia. WOW! Instantly impressed and inspired by the recipes I came across. She has a wonderful sense of humor and mixes recipes with videos, family stories and most importantly her love for the Lord. If you haven’t been by for an exciting journey filled with amazing recipes then you have missed out.
After scouring all and I do mean ALL of her recipes I came across her corn, black bean and avocado tostadas. I was immediately drawn to the idea of a meatless meal but one with a TON of flavor and I knew this was the one. With little time to spare (yes I am a last minute kind of girl) I headed to the store (WAIT- Did I mention the baby is about to pop out any day now?) . There is a slight variation between my recipe and Veronica’s as I did decide to up the anty with my own spicy black bean mash and liquid smoked corn. DIVINE! Top this with shredded chicken or beef if you like and you have yourself one fine and EASY meal! What are you waiting for? Get Going!
- 2 cups frozen corn kernels
- 1 bell pepper, sliced into rings
- 1 onion, sliced into rings
- 2-3 medium tomatoes, diced
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 tsp salt
- 8 tostada shells
- 1 cup refined black beans
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp of adobe sauce
- 1 tsp liquid smoke
- ½ tsp salt and pepper each for the corn
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp chili powder
- shredded lettuce and cheese for topping
- 1 avocado peeled for topping
- Spray a large nonstick skilled with oil and heat over medium-high head. Add onions and bell peppers and sauté 3 minutes until tender. Set aside. Add corn to a small saucepan and season with liquid smoke, salt and pepper. Cook until heated through and remove from heat.
- In a small saucepan add in the beans and heat for 5 minutes. With a potato masher mash the beans until only bite-size pieces remain and it is spreadable. Add in the red pepper flakes, adobe sauce, cumin, chili powder and lime juice. Stir to combine and set aside.
- Spread each tostada shell with 2 tablespoons of heated beans and top corn, bell pepper and onion rings, then the tomatoes and lastly the freshly diced tomatoes.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
I am not sure if I did my Christmas obsession justice last year by not explaining to you all just how much I love this holiday. I one of those who start thinking about Christmas in July and Yes I am also one of those who have their presents bought by the time Thanksgiving draws near an end. I get the excitement from my mom and grandmother. It is and has always been a huge tradition in our family to start celebrating Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. As in shopping, baking, and decorating. Not sure if there has been a year yet that our tree and house wasn’t all decked out by lunch the next day. We are rather adamant about getting the Christmas decor out and up before you can even think to say Merry Christmas.
All this leads me to the giveaway from the fantastic Beyora. Beyora is an online Christmas decor shop specializing in hard to find collectibles through Ebay and Amazon. From Christmas ornaments to Build A Bear presents for the kids, they have it all with things for kids and adults alike. I personally love the Rudolph Build A Bear for Grant. He would go crazy for it or the little Misfit Train
All Rankin/Bass ornaments come with their own stunning burgundy keepsake pouch and they are made of solid durable construction.Decorate for the holidays with the cutest decor and one of a kind items you won’t be able to find elsewhere. You can register to receive the latest deals and search for collectibles you have always wanted but never been able to find. Below are just a few of the products.
Beyora even has- Dare I say– collectible Barbie dolls that you have to see to believe. I am not going to bore you with the details but let’s just say I was slightly barbie obsessed when I was a little girl. Make this a Christmas to remember with collectibles that will last a lifetime. Explore the store and you’re sure to discover all things Christmas!
Beyora has so graciously offered one lucky reader a set of Rudolph & Friends ornaments for you to use this Christmas season. Character names include character names Sam the Snowman, Mrs Claus, Santa Claus, Clarice, Misfit Doll, Yukon Cornelius, Charlie-in-the-Box, Hermey the Elf, and Rudolph. The giveaway rules are below and the contest ends November 28th! Winner will be contacted via email. Good Luck!
Giveaway Rules:
1) Leave a comment either about the SRC post or tell me what your favorite Christmas tradition is.
2) Like Beyora on facebook
3) Visit Beyora and leave a comment on what your favorite ornament is.
LOVE the giveaway & the recipe you chose for the SRC 🙂
I “like” Beyora on FB too 🙂
what a great giveaway! I am loving the ornaments and barbie collection! headed to like them now on FB! Oh and those tostadas- too easy and too delicious!
Awesome SRC post- i love you picked something all of us can do! LOL! never heard of beyora but I am loving this little shop!
MMmm that looks delish!
Yum! What a healthy but full of flavour post- I have come to see that veges are good and delish! LOL
The recipe looks awesome….Im constantly looking for new vegetarian recipes with a little “spunk” to them. I believe this is a winner:)
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my favorite tradition is to put out ritz crackers for santa, and onions for his reindeer (cookies and carrots are overdone!)
WOW! I great SRC post and pick and those ornaments and cute little barbies are adorable. I was obsessed with barbies too! Would love to win!
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Oh look at how cute those ornaments are. How on earth did you find beyora? you find the coolest little shops. the SRC post looks amazing and love that it is meatless.
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Good heavens… Is that baby driving yet? ; )
I had never been to Veronicas blog before. I love SRC, great way to visit all those 10,000 blogs out there (okay, maybe not yet).
Love the giveaway post, I am a HUGE fan of Rudolph and all those Christmas cartoons. Can’t say I was a huge Barbie enthusiast though. Thank you for coming clean on that. j/k
My favorite Christmas tradition is the gratitude baskets we do each year. I make a ton of homemade treats from burnt almonds to cookies and bars, cocoa mix and chocolate dipped spoons. We take a couple days off the week before Christmas and give these gifts to those who have touched our lives. Including bankers, mechanics, friends, post man, neighbors… We also put in a card that tells about our tradition and thanks them for blessing our lives.
I like Beyora on Facebook!
Oh, I LOVE the Misfit Spotted Elephant Build a Bear Beanie!!! How cute!
Looks very delicious and very colorful. Great job
What a wonderful blog you got for SRC. You picked a great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Love this giveaway- my grandchildren would love that rudloph build a bear for sure.
yum!! great recipe pick!
What a great looking meal. I love when you do Mexican. This would be so great with leftover turkey. I’ll pass on this giveaway, since there are so many people that do collect those ornaments, I’d feel guilty if I won. I will share on Facebook though.
I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe-it’s a favorite of mine! Thank you for your kind words about my blog too. Very cool giveaway, thanks for the opportunity.
ahhhhh! I;m so excited that its almost baby time! SRC rocks and what a recipe selection. Its been way too long since I last had mexican!
A really flavourful and tasty tostadas!
Love the tostadas- we are such a huge mexican lover family. Great dish to have for a quick easy dinner. The giveaway is too cute- love the little ornaments- hope I win.
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I’ll eat just about anything that has adobe sauce and liquid smoke…not too surprising for a man I guess. 😉
This looks so delicious. I love anything black bean and avocado. Your blog is beautiful!
Those tostadas look amazing – they totally have me craving Mexican food! 🙂
What a wonderful recipe to choose for SRC…this sounds amazing! I can’t ever get enough Mexican food. I could honestly eat it every day…it’s bad. Awesome giveaway, as well! x
Love the meatless mexican dish- don’t find too many of those around. I went to beyora and I love the Santa claus ornament. I remember my aunt having sone
I can’t believe that baby is coming any day now! Mine were spring/summer babies, I can’t imagine one coming right in the mist of the holidays! Because like you, I too have my home decorated the day after Thanksgiving! But I see you are so organized and well prepared for this little blessing! I’ll be thinking of you and praying for your little bundle of joy’s arrival!!
Oh, such a delicious dish…love all these great tostada toppings…mmmmm. Off to like Beyora…I like that cute Santa 🙂
Those tostadas look amazing! Perfect for this time of year with all of the overindulgence!!
What a lovely dish of tostadas, and I am sure it’s feisty with a delightful burst of flavors too!:)
Awwww….you make Christmas comes sooner….:)
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How is it possible to choose a favorite with all of those great ornaments? I love the drummer boy elf and Sam the Snowman with his Banjo!
Aren’t most girls crazy at barbie when they are little! I am still keeping my daughter’s barbie even though she has grown out of it. I usually start Christmas decoration on the first week of December and then it’s more shopping and parties to attend till the New Year!
Love the recipe (as usual) and the Santa ornament! How adorable!
The tostadas looks wonderful! This would be great for lunch, simply lovely! Take care!
Hi Jessica, congratz on the new baby! Our kids love tortilla/avocado/corn so we’ll add this to the menu next time we have taco night.
What a fantastic taste-explosion meal – yummy! Great giveaway, best of luck to all of your entrants.
Was just thinking about when you baby is due – you are one in a million doing all that you do – looking forward to hearing more about baby soon.
🙂 Mandy
Those corn fritters look delicious. I’d love to make them for breakfast on a Sunday weekend.
wow, i would love to have these tostadas of yours! are they the same as tortillas? your recipe is awesome and all that you put here makes it look so colourful. so i guess you have already started your christmas decor in your house. Chinese new year is just 2 months away and after christmas, a lot of chinese will start putting up chinese new year ornaments too! i’m seeing a whole bunch of interesting recipes on the links, would love to chk them out later when i have time. Have fun !
love the ornaments- would love to win it for my mom who collects these things! my favorite though are the barbies of course!
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Looks great! Have a super Thanksgiving!
Jessica! I knew I liked you. “Slightly Barbie obsessed..” Me too! Love Barbie. I’m getting Miss A her first Barbie this year. 🙂
And now on to the more important things…I’ll be thinking of you this week. Best of luck and I hope that you have an amazing delivery day. (My two favorite days ever!) Much love and hugs! Can’t wait to hear the news. 🙂
Beyora’s ornament collection really is fantastic. My boys have Build a Bears from Beyora that they adore. We also have a great ornament set that the kids are able to play with as well as enjoy for the holidays. I love it!
Oh these look so good and delicious! I hope you and your family have a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!
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Love the build a bear gifts- my nephew would love the bumble the snowman
My favorite tradition is trimming the tree with my grandchildren
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I like the baby Jesus ornament
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Mmm I LOVE Veronica’s blog and I LOVE this recipe! Super healthy…but also jam-packed with my favorite tex-mex flavors!
Love the giveaway and the SRC post! Both are amazing- the little ornaments are too adorable. Headed to check out more of beyora
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That recipe looks so amazing, I may even make it tonight!
My favorite christmas tradition is simple and one that we’ve started with my own little family…mass and dinner at the same restaurant on christmas eve. Just me, my husband and two kids. Before the big family stuff starts it’s nice to have a little bonding just the four of us!
Stop by and enter my designer pillow giveaway…it ends tonight!
Love the mini tostadas- what a great and healthy meal but still flavorful and delicious. The ornaments are precious and the barbie dolls. I too was obsessed with barbie! I would love to win this.
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Great giveaway! I like beyora on facebook
I love the santa claus ornaments
My favorite Christmas tradition is making homemade Calzones and Pizza on Christmas Eve while gathering with the family to exchange gifts and laughter around the Christmas tree.
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It is hard to say which ornament is my favorite. I would have to say that it is between the Baby Jesus and Santa Claus, because without either of these, there would be no Christmas.
Veronica has such a great site I can imagine it was hard to make a choice….but a great one you did! These tostadas look incredible!
thanks for the recipe! I’m gonna give it a try
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I like the frosty the snowman belly whopper ornament
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Looks delicious!! I will definitely be trying this recipe!
Love this ornaments and those tostadas! Awesome giveaway. Would love to win
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Did I miss the giveaway? If not I love the snowman ornament and I would love to win the set with Rudolph and friends!
I just signed up for fb just so I could like beyora!
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