Mexican Food....Your suggestions

Jay-Jay_4

wendyf wrote:

Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions for my Mexican Fiesta with my class. It was a huge success. We had kids sangria, chicken and beef fajitas, mild chilli quesadillas and lots more.
They all stuffed themselves silly and went home a very happy class with a popular teacher.
Thanks again

As my daughter and her 6 year old contemporaries would say (if she had you as a teacher) "Kewel!" This, as you probably know, is COOL but in a tragic accent

squeaky

wendyf wrote:

Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions for my Mexican Fiesta with my class. It was a huge success. We had kids sangria, chicken and beef fajitas, mild chilli quesadillas and lots more.
They all stuffed themselves silly and went home a very happy class with a popular teacher.
Thanks again

Thanks very much for coming back and letting us all know.

ioscorpio

My grandchildren are half Mexican, my 3 year old grandson is a picky eater buts eats chilli. I was shocked when I visited, in Mexico City where they live, the majority of Mexican kids are fat and eat McDonalds. His other grandmother is always going on about Jack being too skinny.

Glad

I learned how to make guacamole at the hotel we stay at in Mexico,

scoop out 2 avacados and mash roughly with a fork,
add
1/2 chilli
lime juice
chopped tomato
chopped pepper
chopped onion

and mix together

can be whizzed in mixer to be smoother
but we prefer it lumpy

trinnylilac

My daughter who is 14 as part of her school course work has to enter a competition with 4 other friends to cook a three course meal :eek: to serve 2 for under £10.

It has to be theamed and we have come up with after loads of suggestions , Mexican, The dishes themselves have to show lots of skills like chopping, frying etc and the whole cooking time from start to finish can be no more than 1 hour.

So far we have come up with

guacomole for a starter served with tortilla chips ( cut up baked tortilla )

chilli con carne with brown rice for the main and a ( no cook) white chocolate cheescake for pudding.

I am just wondering if anyone has any tried and tested easy versions of the above
also any ideas on how to decorate the individual cheescakes so that they have the wow factor (bearing in mind the limited cooking skills they have)
or if you can suggest substitutes

Hope you can help x

stressedoutmumof1

You could always layer the chilli in between tortillas and stack them up - you'll need about 6 - sprinkle grated cheese on the top and cook in the oven until the cheese melts. Chilli Cheesecake

mirakl

I'd be a touch concerned the cheesecake would have chilled throughly in only an hour if it's to be served immediately after. If that is going to be a problem I'd suggest churros instead because they're really easy to make and delicious. I first discovered them in Spain but then got the recipie from a mexican cookery book.

trinnylilac

mirakl wrote:

I'd be a touch concerned the cheesecake would have chilled throughly in only an hour if it's to be served immediately after. If that is going to be a problem I'd suggest churros instead because they're really easy to make and delicious. I first discovered them in Spain but then got the recipie from a mexican cookery book.

Can you tell me what churros are ....

starlite_2

surely they are type of donut..and i'm pretty sure that dep frying wouldn't be allowed in a school!

starlite_2

what about making an easy chocolate mousse..spiced with chilli?
sounds crazy but it's very tasty!