"Alambre" Tacos or Burritos

My Dad loves a restaurant called La Parilla Suiza and they serve some delicious alambre tacos.  I tried to recreate them the other night and while they didn't taste the same as the restaurants, I think we discovered something yummy.

Bacon, diced
Onion, diced
Bell Pepper, diced
Chicken or beef, cooked and cubed or shredded

Season to taste with:
Salt
Pepper
Garlic
Chipotle chili powder (I'm sure you could use regular chili powder)
Seasoning salt

Cook bacon in a frying pan until crispy, then add onion and peppers and cook in bacon grease until desired softness.  Add meat and seasonings; cook until heated.  I used home canned chicken with the juice drained and it turned out really yummy and moist.  Serve in taco shells or flour tortillas for a burrito.  Add sour cream, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, etc.

Sorry, there's a reason I don't write recipes down for my made up meals very often...I'm not a great recipe writer, but I hope it made sense. : )

Molten Lava Cakes

Discovering this recipe was a sin.  It made the perfect Father's Day treat, though, and reminded us of the delicious chocolate molten cakes on the cruise we took back in the day. : )  They are super easy to make and ridiculously rich. 

4 T  real butter
1/3 C sugar

3 large eggs
1/3 C flour
1/4 t salt
8 oz bittersweet chocolate*, melted 

*8 ounces is about 1 1/3 C of bittersweet chocolate chips.  Make the 1/3 cup a little over-full and you should be good 

Additional Ingredients:
conf. sugar for dusting
sweetened whipped cream for serving 

butter and sugar for preparing pans  

You can either bake these in a muffin tin, in ramekins, or even a oven-proof mug.  If you use a muffin tin you'll get 6 cakes and depending on the size of the ramekins you'll get 4-6.  

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.   

To prepare pans, use your fingers (or the butter wrapper) to rub butter in the muffin tins or ramekins.  Sprinkle in some granulated sugar to coat the entire inner surface and tap out any extra and discard.  

In a bowl with a mixer beat butter and sugar until fluffy.   Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.   Combine flour and salt and slowly add it into the butter mixture just until combined.   Stir in melted chocolate by hand, just until combined.  Don't over mix.

Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups or ramekins and then place them on a baking sheet.

Bake just until tops of cakes no longer jiggle when pan is lightly shaken, about 8-10 min for a muffin pan, and 10-12 for ramekins.   Remove from oven and let stand 10 min.   

If using muffin tins, invert the tin and place an idividual cake on each serving plate.  You can do the same with the ramekins, or just serve them as is.   Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a dallop of sweetened whipped cream.

(From ourbestbites.com)