Thursday, February 11th, 2010
I have read about this wonderful 7 layer dip all over the internet as being retro. Well, this dip is new to me, since I never had it until I was in my twenties. When I first spotted this at a potluck, I was entranced. Everyone seem to gather around it, and it was devoured [...]
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Are you still on the fence about what to prepare for today’s big game? This taco pizza is an easy pizza that is perfect for game day. I first fell in love with taco pizza when I use to work at Pizza Hut. It was the only one of their pizzas I would eat when [...]
Monday, February 1st, 2010
This is simple crock pot recipe for black bean soup. I first had black bean soup while living here in central Florida. Florida has a large Cuban population, and their traditions have influenced many Floridian cooks. Growing up in the panhandle of Florida, I was never exposed to Cuban or any other Hispanic food. My [...]
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
This is a quick and easy recipe for a carne asada burrito, perfect for a quick weeknight meal. Carne asada is traditionally made with a cheap cut of beef, like skirt steak. However, I rarely eat beef, and when I do, I prefer to spend a little money on a nicer cut of beef. With [...]
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
This is a simple recipe for chicken tortilla soup that you can easily make on the stove top, or in the crock pot. To make in the crock pot, simply brown the chicken in a skillet before adding to the crock pot. Then add all other ingredients, and set on high for 2 hours, or [...]
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
This is an amazingly flavorful crock pot ancho chili with black beans and red beans. Ancho chilies are dried pablono chilies, and can be found whole in the Hispanic section of your grocery store. They have little heat, but are full of flavor. Ancho chilies are the sweetest of the dried chili peppers, and have [...]
Friday, September 18th, 2009
This is a wonderful salad topped with spicy chicken and spicy sour cream chipotle dressing. It also has black beans, silver queen corn, fresh tomatoes, red onions, and fresh cilantro. I was overjoyed when I found a large bag of frozen silver queen corn at my local Publix supermarket. The silver queen corn was [...]
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
This is one of my family’s quick and easy go to meals. Its my favorite salad. The ground meat in the spicy sauce makes this a very filling meal. We eat this year round. Sometimes I splurge for ground beef, but I usually prefer to use ground turkey. Ground turkey is more economical and better [...]
Monday, July 13th, 2009
These are my favorite Mexican treats. They are supper easy to do. Flautas are much like taquitos, except, taquitos are much skinnier and made with smaller corn tortillas and usually have cheese. Flautas are made with larger flour tortillas, and can have more filling in them, because of the larger tortilla used. I bake my [...]
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
This is a super easy and simple way to make the very popular guacamole. This is a staple at our table whenever we are having any Mexican inspired dishes, or just for dipping. I have tried adding different things to my guacamole, but I always go back to this simple recipe. I really like to [...]
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Did you know that you were asking for rooster’s beak when you order pico de gallo at the Mexican restaurant? I didn’t. I thought I knew some Spanish, I knew gallo for rooster, but I didn’t put it together, and this came as a big surprise to me. According to Winkled, this salad is called [...]
Monday, July 6th, 2009
This is my version of Arroz con Frijoles Negro, or Black Beans and Rice. I first had this dish at a local Cuban restaurant. I absolutely love black beans, and combining them in this classic rice dish brings out the flavors wonderfully. I came up with this recipe after surveying my cuban friends about how [...]
