Homemade Refried Beans

My husband and I made burritos today for lunch.  He's a great cook, and he makes his own refried beans as well which are amazing.  Here are the directions if you want to give it a try.  Warning - your house will smell AMAZING.

Ingredients:

2 tins of haricot beans
1 medium onion
Chillies (a few - whatever kind pleases you!)
A squeeze of lime
Bay leaves
Fresh coriander
Smoked Paprika
Ground cumin
Cumin seeds
Salt

Directions:

Boil the haricot beans with a few bay leaves and some salt, for about 5 minutes or so. Retain the water - don't throw it away! This will be used to reconstitute the beans when you are mashing them.

Chop the onion and chillies, and soften in a pan with a little oil and some cumin seeds. Tear a handful or two of coriander leaves and add this as well. Add a half cup of the bean water to the pan.

Then, with a masher (or a fork), scoop in half of the beans while mashing them up.  Add lots of the liquid to the mixture as you go so you keep a gloopy consistency. Add some smoked paprika and some more cumin (ground) to taste. Add a squeeze of lime as well to make it interesting. Keep all of this hot, but not bubbling much.

Add the rest of the beans to the mixture.  This will make it have a better texture. My husband was frying some chorizo for the burritos and he drained the oil that came off into the beans as well - I thought that was a nice touch, but not necessary, especially if you are going vegetarian!

Spoon it into your burrito wrap with other dressings, and YUM YUM YUM!

2 Ingredient Pizza Dough - so easy and delicious!

Now here is a recipe that I'm happy to say is cheap easy and delicious - which are my three favourite things in a recipe ;)

I've seen other 2-ingredient recipes around on the internet and suggested on Pinterest, and when I saw this one, I just had to try it.  It's just so simple.  This pizza dough doesn't need proofing, and just involves mixing and kneading the ingredients (all 2 of them!), and then voila, ready for toppings and the oven.  I've done it twice this week, I think I'm addicted:

2-Ingredient Pizza Dough Recipe

1 cup self-raising flour (with a bit extra for kneading)
1 cup greek yoghurt

And that's all you need!  First, in a mixing bowl, pour in the yoghurt and the flour.  Mix with a spoon until it is doughy, and sprinkle a bit of flour on it to keep it from being too sticky.  Place the dough on a floured surface (with floury hands!).  Be careful to keep the outside of the dough very floury, as it gets quite sticky and will make your hands and the surface a mess if you're not floury enough.

Knead the dough gently for about 5 minutes, adding flour and working it.  This is a good time to preheat the oven to about 200 degrees C.

Press and stretch out the dough into the shape and thickness you want.  I have a pizza stone to place it on - add your toppings and taadaa!  Into the oven it goes for 20 minutes or so.

I have cooked it for 20 minutes at 200 degrees, but I have a feeling I could cook it either longer or at a higher temperature.  I'd like to get the crust a bit more crispy, it's a bit of a doughy and soft recipe.  But delicious and worth the time saved in making a more complicated recipe!

The first time I made it I used mozzarella, basil and chili oil as toppings (with tomato paste too of course).  Last night was red onion and a strong cheddar cheese - yum yum!

Try it out and tell me how you like it!  Do you know any other 2 ingredient recipes?