Tamales

I made tamales last night for dinner. It was 9 pm when they were finally done, so the pictures I took were very dim, which is why I copied one from google. They were tasty though! For the masa dough, you just have to follow how to make it on the package. The only change I make is to substitue vegan margarine for the shortening. You can pretty much add whatever you want as the filling for tamales.

A few good combos are:

Chick'n strips & Daiya cheese

Black beans & sweet corn

Yam or sweet potato & black beans

Plantain & black beans

Coconut milk, shredded coconut, & raisins (for a sweet variety)

With all of these, except the sweet one, you can add garlic, onions, green chilies, cilantro, pepper, corn, cumin & goya adobo. Once your tamales are put together and wrapped in your corn husks or banana leaves, then steam for about an hour.

Check out my homemade bird feeder! I needed something to get the birds attention away from my tomatoes. I just look a large plastic bottle and made holes big enough for the finches who live in the tree next to me to fit in. Then I put chopsticks through for perches. It's not much to look at, but it is recycling at its finest.

Oh, on a side random note, I made peanut butter shakes yesterday, and they were awesome! So easy and filling!

Peanut Butter Shake

1 cup to 1 1/2 cups Almond Milk

Peanut butter -lots! As much as you want, to taste.

1 Tbsp Cacao Nibs

1 Apple banana

5 cubes of Ice