Kale and radishes are doing great in the garden, sooooo it’s time for pesto! I fell in love with pesto the first time I tried it, as I’m sure everybody does. As a gardener I fell in love with it all over again. You can throw whatever that is growing well in your garden …
A chicken taco with a savory creamy roasted poblano sauce that is easy to make in a food processor. It’s definitely taco fever. Symptoms include hoarding peppers, cilantro, onions and lime. Thoughts perseverating over “Can I wrap a tortilla around that?” There is no known cure but I understand symptoms abate after about two months …
A Chilantros copy cat recipe for Pork Kimchi Fries. Pork, kimchi, cheese and spicy sauce over French fries. An easy and flavorful lunch, Korean inspired and Austin made. Big, beautiful, rainbow letters on the side of a tall office building in Austin, Texas heralds the loyal followers. Fighting the mid-day traffic, getting over 3 lanes …
Inspired by Dona Sauce at Taco Deli in Austin, Texas, this casserole smokes with roasted jalapeños and garlic, a real crowd pleaser! Smoky, charred jalapeños, pungent garlic, rich cream, herbs and onion come together in a bright green sauce paired with your favorite pasta, chicken and cheese. I’m not a casserole type of girl but …
Roasted jalapeños create a spicy, robust salsa. This salsa recipe is easy to make in a food processor. Perfect for chips or add some zing with your queso. My first experience with Taco Deli’s addictive salsa, known as Doña Sauce, unfolded at work. A co-worker invited me to experience this new salsa from a local …
Austin Chi’lantros My daughter and I visited Austin, Texas last week and didn’t stop until we landed at Chi’lantros, our favorite food truck haunt and home of the original Kimchi Fries. Now they have four brick and mortar locations throughout Austin. Although they changed their menu from a year ago, I knew exactly what I …
Classic Mediterranean flavors mixed with roasted potatoes make a potato side dish you can be proud of. Rosemary, olive oil and paprika perfectly compliments a new world classic. The aroma of sautéed onions was always unmistakeable in our house. There was meaning behind the aroma, a hope, an expectation that delicious fried onions and potatoes …
Easy Butter Chicken recipe with cream instead of coconut milk. From Delhi, India. Indian Butter Chicken to me is a curry for beginners. It’s not complicated, it’s spicy but not too hot. A dish, really for everyone. Kundan Lal Gujral invented it in the first part of the 19th century, it is also known as …
Easy Thai Laab that has morphed into an easy weeknight version. Sausage, fresh herbs and Thai spices create a fresh and robust classic Thai dish. Bangkok at night includes crowds meandering through the streets with waves of savory and spicy aromas permeating every street corner. Couples and friends locked in their own little world, enjoying …
Cooking beef in the crockpot makes this taco recipe super easy. Serve with some zesty salsa and any of your favorite garnishes. Unimpressed. Not disgusted, just unimpressed. Biting into my first taco as a child, the corn taco shell (from a box) perfectly molded and perfectly bland, fell apart and tasted more like paper than …