It Takes Moo To Mango Burgers

This is based on a recipe from my late cousin Vee, via her daughter Jane.

Ingredients 1 cup - Ripe mango, diced 1/2 cup - Onion, diced/minced 1 Tbs - Teriyaki sauce 1/2 tsp - Black pepper 1.5 lbs - Ground beef, prefer 85/15 ground round Directions Dice ripe mango into peanut-sized pieces. If your mango is ripe, this gets a little juicy/messy. Dice/mince sweet Vidalia onion into pieces smaller than the diced mango. I prefer minced, otherwise the onion is still too crunchy for my liking. Also can pre-nuke larger onion pieces. Add teriyaki sauce to onions, mix to coat. Add teriyaki+onions, mango, and pepper to ground beef. Avoid over-mixing beef, makes results chewier. When possible, let rest/marinate in the fridge for juices to be absorbed. (over-ripe mango might need some bread crumbs to be firm enough for patties, or sometimes I drain off mango juice if there's an excess). Form hamburger patties, this recipe makes 7-8 quarter-pounders pre-cooked weight. Place patties on wax paper for easy transfer to grill, or back to fridge if desired. Ripe mango can make this step a bit messy too lol. Grilling is preferred, else pan-fry, bake, or even steam.

Muy Rápido Black Beans

Ingredients

1 can black beans

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup diced sweet onion (nuke separately, add last)

1 Tbs Goya Recaito

1 Tbs Garden Gourmet Cilantro, or fresh chopped

1 tsp Haberno Iguana Gold sauce or similar

1 tsp apple cider vinegar, else red wine vinegar

1 bay leaf

1/8 tsp cumin

1/8 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp thyme

1/8 tsp sage

dash or more cayenne pepper

dash oregano

dash salt to taste

Blend everything but onions in microwave-safe glass / ceramic

- microwave high 5 minutes

- stir

- continue microwave 2 minutes more

- stir

- continue microwave 1 minutes more

For perfect doneness, cook onion separately and add/stir at the end

- Spray oil on 1/4 cup diced onion

- microwave 1 min

- stir into beans

Enjoy.