Do you like spicy food? Can your partner or your children handle the heat? Do you tend to lean towards ‘warmer’ foods when the weather cools down? I’ve got some great Mexican recipes for you this Monday to add a little spice to your life during these winter months… Oh and all of these recipes have been toddler and husband approved!

I’ve got a couple of really good ‘one-pot-wonders’ and a couple of taco recipes for you today – because who doesn’t love the wonderful complexity of something that has been slow cooked and forked apart or the quickness of a taco with everyone being able to assemble their meal as they wish?

2 teaspoons of olive oil
½ cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon of ground cumin

1 teaspoon of ground coriander
½ teaspoon ground chipotle powder
½ teaspoon ground cayenne
2 cans of black beans, drained and rinsed
½ cup veggie stock
Juice of 1 lime

12 corn tortillas
sour cream

sliced avocado 

fresh coriander

Brown off your chicken mince in a little olive oil, with the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, chipotle powder and cayenne. Add the black beans to the chicken mince with the veggie stock and the juice of a lime and allow to heat through.

Serve your spicy chicken mince with corn tortillas, sour cream, sliced avocado and fresh coriander.