Frugal Cooking

Besides finding tasty Mexican recipes online, of which there are many, you can also borrow from Mexican techniques and ingredients to come up with recipes that are uniquely your own.

Quinoa is a common staple in South America- especially Peru. I then combined some flavors of Spain like olives and smoked paprika.

The final texture of the sauce is much finer and silkier than most stews.

Common ingredients are probably must-haves, the unique ones could be optional.

The interesting flavor might enable you to cut back on some of the salt and fat in your recipe.

I’m not sure where I came across this recipe but I would literally rather have this with a movie than popcorn.