This recipe comes from a cookbook I found and then lost and then found again. As a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I came across this book, The Best 125 Meatless Mexican Dishes by Susan Geiskopf –Hadler and Mindy Toomay, at AfterWords, a bookstore near the corner of […]
I love a good guacamole! I’ve already posted my BASIC version of guacamole, but this one adds a salty and savory element: bacon. I know that there are a lot of bacon lovers out there, so make this for an afternoon get-together with friends or for snacking while […]
Zucchini is one of my favorite ingredients. One of my comfort foods is calabacitas, a dish I realized I have not posted here yet. This dish is a bit different, but I like the combination of flavors. The recipe comes from the Cooking with too hot tamales cookbook […]
I recently noticed that I have not posted a recipe for tostadas and I could not believe it. I LOVE tostadas! Along with enchiladas, they are one of my favorite foods. And they can take on so many flavors and toppings. They can be simple or complex. One […]
On our first full day here in Ixtapa, I made a nice pot of black beans, knowing that there were many ways we could use them. This is one of them. For dinner last night, I made this salsa to serve over some simple sautéed chicken breasts we […]
As a kid, I became familiar with two types of lettuce: romaine and iceberg. We would use them interchangeably for salads and for sandwiches. We would always have a simple iceberg salad with radishes, cucumber, tomato and red onion whenever the family got together for what I would […]
I love tortas, a.k.a. sandwiches with a Mexican flair. We often visit a small Mexican restaurant nearby that makes delicious tortas. They even add a fried egg if you want one. This is a torta that I make at home because it is simple, delicious and vegetarian. And […]
There are a lot of guacamole recipes out there and this is mine. This is a BASIC recipe for me because it is delicious and my Mom made it often. I may have mentioned this before, but I remember sitting at home watching something on TV or reading […]
This is a very simple salsa that you can use with almost anything you grill this summer. In a way, it is basically a smoother, creamier guacamole so you could also use it as a dip for any occasion. Tomatillo and Avocado Salsa 4 medium tomatillos, husked and […]
If you want a hearty breakfast, this is it! No need for a “second breakfast.” This was a morning meal we would enjoy whenever we would visit my mom’s aunts and uncles at their ranchos (farms) in Baja California, Mexico. Northern Mexicans love their beef! Sometimes, my parents […]
I’ve always loved good food. My mom made sure I tasted something delicious every day, no matter how humble the meal. But I first started cooking “on purpose” when I began watching the Food Network. Along with Sara Moulton’s Cooking Live (a fellow University of Michigan alum), I […]
The last time David and I went to California for Christmas, my sister, Susana, invited us over to her house for breakfast. It seems that most of the time our family gets together, food is involved. I’m fine with that. I am not sure how typical this is, […]
This past winter, David and I escaped the Wisconsin weather for a while and met his family down in southern Mexico. Ixtapa and the beaches were great, but the market in Zihuatanejo was equally amazing. We had a great time shopping and came up with a nice dinner. […]
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