Black bean tacos with jalapeño cream sauce

I had some jalapeño cream salsa at La Vecindad in Hillcrest, and decided I wanted to try to make it. The version I found a recipe for online didn’t include any cream, butter, or avocado––just roasted jalapeño, onion, and cilantro.

Pear and blue cheese sandwich

Straight from the Moosewood Cookbook. Pretty simple: toast some bread, layer some ricotta on it, then sprinkle some crumbled blue cheese on top of that, then layer some sliced pears. Add a dash of lemon. Bright and refreshing.