Happy Cinco de Mayo! I hope everyone is having tacos for dinner tonight to celebrate! I also hope that there is a margarita in your near future. I know that there is with me! Me and Jose are like this*. Well, we used to be. He's not as nice to me as he used to be. In honor of Cinco de Mayo here is a seriously kick butt recipe for Salsa Verde. I made it myself. I was trying ...
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Thunder Chicken – A request from the Hubs
Usually when I ask my husband what he wants for dinner I get one of two replies; "Whatever reheats well" or "I don't care, baby". So, you can imagine my shock when he actually requested something specific and it wasn't tacos. He requested "Thunder Chicken". Now, I don't know what in the hell "Thunder Chicken" is, so I googled it ( like you do) and here's what I ...
Memphis Memories – Homemade Bar-B-Q, Sauce and Spicy Slaw
I would like to start off this post by letting everyone know that my husband and I are BBQ snobs. The Hubby is from Memphis, born and raised, and I spent the first part of my adult life there and consider it my home ( maybe not born and raised, but I certainly found myself there). If you have ever been to Memphis then you know 2 things; 1 - never leave valuables in your car, ...
The End – Pork Tacos
So, just in case you are just now tuning in, I have been making meals from one pork loin that I cooked on Monday. Last night was the very end of the pork loin, and it was just as tasty at the end as it was at the beginning. To catch you up the first meal was a Spice Rubbed Pork Loin, then we moved on to a Mostly Moo Shu Pork Stir Fry , and then last night wrapped up Pork Week ...
Cookbooks and a Fiesta Chicken Bake
I own a lot of cookbooks. They are a guilty pleasure for me. I love to look at all of the pictures and read all of the recipes and there may be one or two recipes that I will actually cook out of those cookbooks that I buy. But there are two cookbooks that I refer back to time and time again. They are my Good Housekeeping cookbook and my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I ...
Patty Cake, Patty Cake – Pan fried Salmon Patties with Spicy Remo Sauce
Ah...the salmon patty. That famous concoction of the 1950's that still graces the menu of every meat and 3 diner in the South. I'm sure the salmon patty was a created in order to work some seafood into a 1950's diet without spending a fortune on fresh fish and without eating canned tuna again. Fifty years later, it seems that times haven't changed that much, at least not in my ...
Jambalaya
One of my readers, Sassy Molassy, mentioned on the last post that she had a great gumbo recipe ( which I would love to try by the way) for leftover turkey. This got me thinking about Louisiana and the phenomenal food that can be found everywhere in that state. Now I haven't been to the great Cajun state since I've had children, but I vividly remember all of the flavors found ...
Spicy White Chicken Chili in a Bread Bowl
I don't know where you live, but where I live it is cold! The high today is going to be 45 with wind gusts up to 30 mph! With weather like that all I can think about is soup. And the spicier the better! This white chili is the perfect solution to the cold day. The bread bowl isn't absolutely necessary but you will thank yourself for it.3 cans white beans, rinsed and drained1 ...