Refritos (refried beans)
Yum! These are sooo easy to make and delicious and they make your home smell wonderful as they cook. Don’t buy another can of that brown paste that passes for refried beans. Make your own and feel completely satisfied with yourself. It all starts with fresh beans. To make the beans, just clean them (take …
Calabacitas (New Mexican zucchini and corn dish)
This is a traditional New Mexican side dish. Calabacitas means “squash” in Spanish. You’ll find this side dish offered in most of the restaurants that serve Mexican food in New Mexico. It’s a favorite in my household and come summer time it can’t be beat on the scale of deliciousness when fresh corn and zucchini …
Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
We never called Mexican food “Mexican Food” when we were growing up. To us it was just “food”. All other food had a label or was referred to by it’s name. For example if we were eating Pizza or Spaghetti or hamburgers then whenever we were called to the table the dish was announced “Come …
Sopapillas
What’s a sopapilla? What?! You have never had a delicious New Mexican fried bread called a sopapilla?! Oh my word… you must vow never to eat another morsel of food until you have. VOW IT! You’ll be glad you did because well… we’re talking sopapillas here. I was raised on these things (man oh man, …
Bananas Foster Muffins
This morning I woke up at 4:30 in the morning. Crazy. It’s especially crazy if you are me. I am convinced that I am allergic to mornings. I always wake up in a fog and with all the grace of a zombie I shuffle and snort my way to the bathroom where I spend the …
Triple Coconut Macaroons
Mike loves Coconut Macaroons. He will always chose them as his first pick from a cookie tray. Because he loves them so I knew I had to make him some good ones. I like making these cookies because in my book they fall under the category of “easy”. Double yay… happy hubby, less work for …
Cream Biscuits
Tonight was “quick and easy” dinner night. I wasn’t going to blog about it but as we were eating the biscuits, I changed my mind. These biscuits are delicious, soft, pillowy, quick, and easy to make. Mike is not much of a biscuit eater (???) and even he loved them! This particular recipe calls for …
Salisbury Steak
When Mike and I were newly weds and I told him that I was making Salisbury Steak for dinner, it usually involved a trip to the freezer to retrieve the box. Hahaha… I shudder to think about the amount of TV dinners that I fed to that poor man during those early years. I thought …
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Tonight we had Salisbury Steak and Garlic Mashed Potatoes for dinner. Oh man, these potatoes were the best! I got the recipe for Cook’s Country Magazine (the “America’s Test Kitchen” people). They came upon a way to cook the garlic, cream, butter, and potatoes together so that you get that sweet and earthy “roasted garlic” …
Vanilla Hot Chocolate Mix
Last year I made a big batch of this Hot Chocolate Mix and gave it to friends for Christmas. I wrapped it in pretty Christmas cellophane bags and included a recipe card with preparation instructions. It takes a bit of work to chop nearly 3 pounds of good quality chocolate and just a bit of …