Tag: Mexican food
Birthday Dinner: Queso Fundido, Fajitas, Red Rice and Margaritas
A birthday celebration, lots of links to recipes, and a pomegranate margarita. I provide my take and suggestions for the dishes, too. Happy Birthday, Hubs!
“Tio Mario’s Famous Chile Con Carne Colorado-Style Burritos” for Cook the Books
This Cook the Books round features Where I Come From: Life Lessons from a Latino Chef by Aarón Sánchez. It’s an honest look at the world of cooking and the chef himself. These burritos, attributed to his uncle, are worth the time to make. The book is more than worthy to pick up. Delicious!
Carnitas Tamales with Manchamantel Sauce
So, tamales are not that hard. Here’s a recipe for a scrumptious pork filling, a delicious masa dough, and an interesting fruity sauce (all from Mark Miller and his Coyote Cafe Cookbook
Food ‘n Flix: Part One for Spinning Plates, a simple guacamole
Spinning Plates is the Food ‘n Flix April feature. I decided to do three recipes and three different posts to celebrate. Today’s post is a simple guacamole for a humble family restaurant. (It’s also doing double duty for I Heart Cooking Clubs.
Crunchy Cauliflower Tacos with Avocado Spicy Mayo (and a great book suggestion)
Deep Breathing is a gem of a novel (as are these tacos). Please keep reading, pick up this latest novel, and make TACOS!
Churros for Coco
April’s Food ‘n Flix film is Coco. Here’s my inspired-by sugary cinnamon treat!
Food ‘n Flix Round-Up: Frida
Frida inspired orange shortbread, Tequila Steaks, Stuffed Squash with Rose Petals, Oaxaca Style Pork, a fruit tart, enchiladas, green rice, black beans, Jamaica flower water, Mexican candied pumpkin, chicken and peppers, Chiles en Nogado, fruity slaw, shrimp tacos, and Bean, Radish and Cheese Salad.
A Mexican Feast to Celebrate Frida for Food ‘n Flix
Enchiladas Tapatias, green rice, seasoned black beans, guacamole, and Jamaica Flower Water.
Deviled Egg Tacos (with Sikil Pak)
Don’t skip this post. Sikil Pak is a delicious Yucatán dip made with toasted pepitas. Spread this on a artisan corn tortilla, add some deviled eggs….delicioso!
Black Bean-Goat Cheese Enchiladas with Christmas Sauce
Like you, I read lots and lots of Cinco de Mayo recipes this month. I even posted one myself. There were lots of delicious Mexican-inspired recipes and I was most taken with Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake fame and her Smoky Black Bean Dip. I have a really bad habit of making appetizers…