We have had a loss of power for the last couple days. Dana and I have been running out to various restaurants and stores to charge our phones and eat. One of the restaurants that we frequented was a Mexican Restaurant. I love tacos and tamales. So those flavors were stuck in my head when [...]
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Tags: cheese, cheese sauce, cheesy, Chicken, fajita, Rice, roux, southwestern 
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I have always wanted to make shredded chicken tacos. I finally decided to make them. I was a little uncertain on how to make them, but after a little trial and error, I came up with a surefire method. I boiled the chicken in the spices, shredded the chicken, returned it to the sauce and [...]
Posted in All, Chicken, Mexican, Tacos Tags: Chicken, how to make, Mexican, Recipes, shredded, shredded chicken, taco seasoning, tacos 10 Comments »
I love guacamole! It features the amazing avocado better than any other dish. The major downfall is that avocados can be really expensive. However, the other day the local super market had them on sale for 3 for $1. Yep, so for little to no money I can have my favorite chip dip. Guacamole – Adapted [...]
I love Chipotle! It is delicious, so I decided to recreate a burrito bowl. I utilized my fajitas seasoning, some black beans, salsa and guacamole to create one of the greatest meals known to man. Dana said it was her favorite meal ever! That says a lot. The combination of rice, black beans, meat and cheese is Amazing! Chicken [...]
Posted in All, Chicken, Mexican, Recipes Tags: burrito bowl, Chicken, cilantro, cilantro lime rice, cilantro rice, guacamole, lime, lime rice, Rice 3 Comments »
Last week I bought a bottom round roast and had no idea what to do with it. Then I decided to go through my cabinets to see what I had lying around. I had some tomato paste and a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Then it hit me. How about making some spicy [...]
Posted in All, Mexican, Recipes, Tacos Tags: queso fresco, recipe, shredded beef tacos, spicy shredded beef, tacos 1 Comment »
I just went and got the gas in the grill refilled and I was ready to grill out. I just didn’t know what to grill. I asked Dana and within a second she said skirt steak with chimichurri sauce. It took little to no effort on her part to come up with this. I had [...]
Posted in All, Mexican, Steaks, beef Tags: chimichurri sauce, Grilling, how to, Mexican, Recipes, skirt steak 4 Comments »The other day I was in a rush and I stopped by the local supermarket to pick up something fast. A little dish called tamale pie caught my eye. Basically it was a chili topped with cornbread topping. It was delicious, so I decided to make one of my own. I made a quick chili [...]
Posted in Mexican, Recipes, beef Tags: chili, cornbread, easy dinners, mexican meals, mexican recipes, tamale casserole, tamale pie 2 Comments »
I spent the weekend practicing my BBQ techniques for the upcoming Pork in the Park competition. After spending all weekend working on ribs and pork butt, I wanted to change it up a bit and cook some chicken. So I decided to make some fajitas. I have made chicken tacos with a wet marinade, but [...]
Last week I went to the local Safeway and they had an amazing deal on rotisserie chickens. Only $5. So I decided to purchase one and make a couple of recipes. Using the roasted chicken you can quickly make a couple of meals. There is plenty of meat on the bird and the bones can [...]
Posted in Bacon, Chicken, Mexican, Recipes, bbq sauce Tags: bacon, bbq chicken quesadilla, bbq sauce, Chicken, onion, quesadilla, recipe, tomato 5 Comments »I love nachos!!! Yep, three exclamation points. Besides being delicious they are quick and easy to make. Take a few tortillas, cover with your favorite ingredients, and then coat with cheese. Melt and serve. Howe easy can that be. My favorite type of Nachos are Chicken Nachos. Top with some sour cream and you [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Chicken, Mexican, Recipes Tags: Chicken, chicken nachos, Mexican, nachos 3 Comments »The other day I was craving both Mexican and Italian. So I assembled my own version of Lasagna using Mexican ingredients. It was tasty. The tortillas made a perfect substitution for lasagna noodles. They were soft yet crunchy around the edges of the pan. Delicious. A dollop of sour cream and this meal is ready [...]
Posted in Beans, Mexican, Recipes, beef Tags: Beans, chilis, enchilada lasagna, mexican lasagna, Recipes, tortillas 3 Comments »I was craving steak the other day so I went to the store to see what was on sale. Flank steaks were on sale so I picked one up. When I see flank steak I think of one thing, Fajitas. So I picked up some peppers and an onion and it was on. The marinated [...]
Posted in Grilling, Mexican, Recipes, Steaks, beef Tags: fajita marinade, flank steak fajitas, onions, peppers, steak fajitas, tortillas 5 Comments »When I was in college I used to go to this restaurant with great pizza. One of my favorite pizzas was the tostada pizza. Basically it was taco pizza. Since the bread sticks yesterday only used one pizza dough and the recipe makes two, I figured I would try to recreate the pizza today. This [...]
Posted in Cooking, Mexican, Pizza, Recipes Tags: Beef, mexican pizza, non-traditional pizzas, Recipes, taco pizza, taco sauce, taco seasoning, thin crust pizza, tostada pizza 7 Comments »
