Mini Jibaritos

These little gluten-free sandwiches are so delicious, you will probably eat a whole plate by yourself!!

You start by making Tostones, the classic way:

Heat 3/4 cup of vegetable oil in a pan.

Peel one plantain and slice rounds that are about 1/2 inch thick (one plantain makes about 6 sandwiches).

Fry until they are golden and crisp...remove from pan and drain on a paper-towel lined plate. 

Using a "tostonera", or some sort of a press, press all the fried plantains. 

I like to make a little mix of warm water, sea salt and crushed garlic to dip the pressed plantains in, before frying them again. This infuses them with flavor and makes them extra crispy. 

Fry the plantains again until they are nice and crispy. 

Once you remove them all, and they have drained...start building your little sandwiches.  I put baby greens, sliced cherry tomatoes and shredded co-jack cheese on mine.  If you want to be ultra-Caribbean, you can mix equal parts mayonnaise and ketchup to dip them in! I like to eat them as they are.  

Green Spaghetti

This is one of our 4 year olds FAVORITE recipes.  It is spicy and creamy and two batches usually dissapear within minutes @ our house!

2 Poblano pepper
1 Serrano pepper
1 handful of cilantro
2 cloves of garlic
8 oz of Cream Cheese
8 0z of Sour Cream
2 tbsp butter
Salt to taste (sea salt works best)
Your favorite Pasta (We are G-Free, so I use RP's G-Free Pasta.  It's done in 2 minutes and tastes soooo good)

-Start boiling water for pasta, salt to taste
-Turn oven onto Broil
-Wash peppers and broil on High for 3-4 minutes on each side
-Put peppers in a large ziploc bag for 5 minutes
-Put sour cream, cream cheese, garlic and cilantro in the blender and blend until creamy
-Peel skin off of peppers, cut and place in blender (it is less spicy if you leave the seeds out, we like spicy, so I leave them in)
-Melt butter in a deep sauce pan
-While the butter melts, start making your pasta
-Pour the green sauce into your sauce pan and stir on med-high until hot (1-2 minutes)
-Drain pasta and add sauce over the top, mixing it all thoroughly with a wooden spoon




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