Zucchini Tacos

I found a yummy-sounding recipe in a magazine recently & decided to cook it, a-la-Helen. So, here we go... My recipe would make 3 BIG burritos, or 4-6 small ones. (These would go great with a salad or some rice & beans.)

11 Simple Ingredients:
3 medium tomatoes (I prefer Roma)
"some" fresh cilantro (probably about 1 tbsp chopped)
1 jalapeno
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 corn cob
1/3 c. cream (heavy or half & half will work)
2 zucchini
1 tbsp oil
Queso Fresco (however much you like)

Avocado (again, however much you like)
tortillas (I chose flour, corn would be yummy too)

Prepping the goodies:
(As pictured below:)
Crumble the cheese.
Roughly dice the tomatoes.
Cube the zucchini.
Roast, sweat, scrub, then dice the jalapeno (see below).*
Chop the cilantro.
Chop the avocado.
Cut the corn off of the cob.
Measure the garlic salt.
Measure the cream.


*Jalapeno prep:
To roast the jalapeno, either hold over open flame (on a gas stove or on a grill) for about 5 min, or broil in your oven (as close as possible to the broiler) for about 8 minutes. It should be black all over, and tender to the squeeze.
Next, place the jalapeno in a bowl & cover with plastic wrap. Let it sweat about 5 minutes.
Then, gently scrub all of the skin off with a towel & rinse briefly.
Chop the jalapeno into fairly small pieces.

Now, on to the cooking!:
Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat (ie: setting #7).
Add the tomatoes & cover. Cook them, covered, for about 5 minutes, stirring several times (or they might stick & burn!).
Next, add the cilantro, jalapeno, garlic salt, corn, cream, & zucchini. Turn the heat down ever-so-slightly (ie: setting #6). Heat, uncovered, about 8 minutes. If you notice the sauce drying up, add a splash of water as necessary.

How to eat it:
Warm the tortilla(s) of your choosing.
Add an appropriate amount of fixins'.
Top with an appropriate amount of cheese (as far as I'm concerned - there's never "too much").
Add your avocado, and anything else you might like (hot sauce, tabasco, sour cream if you must).
Roll or fold, and EAT! Yummy! Luke had already eaten, but tried a bite. His vote "it's okay". (That's pretty much always his vote though, unless it's bad.) My vote - I say an 8 out of 10. Pretty yummy, but missing something... Maybe black beans?


Meat-lover variation:
Honestly, there's not much room in this recipe for meat. However, if you "have" to have it you could add some pre-cooked shredded chicken in when you add all the other goodies. (I wouldn't add any other meat, it just wouldn't taste right.) I'd also recommend cutting the zucchini in half & not adding "tons" of meat, less is more here, for sure.