Chimichurri is a fresh, healthy robust sauce that can be used on fish, meat, veggies, eggs, tacos etc. Use this as a finishing sauce or a marinade. I enjoy dipping French baguette slices into this:) Mr. Craftiness is smitten with this dish, he made it a point to tell me three times. I got the …
Baja Fish Tacos are colorful with the help of the deep purple cabbage and the bright, creamy green salsa. This taco is crunchy, robust and perfect. We really love these tacos. Easy tacos that don’t heat up your kitchen, great during the hot summer months. There are two ways to make them. The shortcut way …
This bold new salsa is perfect to go with chips, tacos, salmon and chicken. This salsa is made creamy with the additions of Mexican sour cream, also known as Mexican Crema, and avocado. The boldness comes from the jalapeños, cilantro and scallions. A great appetizer for Cinco de Mayo and barbecues! How salsa is made. …
Why A Dorm Room Recipe? I have two really good reasons to write about dorm room recipes. First, my amazing daughter is in college and is learning how to cook. I love coming up with recipes she and her friends can enjoy while picking up some cooking skills along the way. When she was home …
An amazing fresh sauce to complement your steaks, eggs, potatoes and everything else! This fusion recipe from Argentina and Uruguay will surely delight. The Chimichurri Story This is actually more of a fresh, herbal ingredients in a food processor story. It was the 90’s, anxious to learn how to cook but didn’t know where to …
A hearty, smokey Peruvian bean soup. This South American soup will warm you from the inside, perfectly seasoned with roasted onion, bell pepper and chipotle in adobo sauce. Easy, simple and tasty. I’m a sucker for any new-to-me ingredient I find at the market. I have an assortment of exotic spices, pasta and beans because …
Puerto Rican rice dish with pigeon peas and green olives. A classic Puerto Rican recipe made in a rice cooker! Puerto Rican cuisine is somewhat new to me, my loss for sure. My first experience with this recipe was as a grateful recipient of a large serving of hot, steamy and savory deliciousness. The scene …
Many layers of flavors and heat combine into this wonderful, spicy, traditional Mexican soup called Pozole, or Posole. An authentic Mexican dish that is celebrated on Cinco de Mayo, birthdays, Christmas, New Years and Independence day. A classic pork and hominy soup that is robust and spicy. Walking into the oldest market in Austin, B …
A healthy, fruity salsa made with apricots, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, red onion and a dash of apple cider vinegar. It was literally raining apricots at my house, ouch! Caution. Regular, unexpected pelting of apricots is to be expected. Apricot dreams were permeating my thoughts, ‘What am I going to do with all of those apricots?’ …
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 …