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 [...]
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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 2 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 1 Comment »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 »Last week my friend Jeff had me over for a little grilling and drinking. I brought the Corona and he gave me the workings for a great steak taco. I must say, having a food website has open doors. Everyone wants me to come over, but in return I have to do the cooking. I [...]
Posted in Mexican, Recipes, Tacos, beef Tags: cheese, flank steak, flank steak tacos, grilled steak tacos, Grilling, how to grill steak tacos, how to roast peppers, lime, Recipes, roasted peppers, steak, tacos, tortilla 4 Comments »I love tacos and I love grilling. So the combination of the two is basically the perfect meal. Shrimp tacos are quick and easy and best of all, tasty. My buddy Jeff called me yesterday asking if I was interesting in grilling out. The only thing was that he had already purchased shrimp. So the [...]
Posted in Mexican, Recipes, Shrimp, Tacos Tags: grilled shrimp tacos, Grilling, how to, how to grill a pepper, how to roast a pepper, Recipes, shirmp, shrimp and roasted pepper, tacos 5 Comments »Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of today I wanted to make a classic mexican dish. At first I wanted to make steak tacos with homemade tortillas. But, it just so happened that everyone around me had the same idea. There wasn’t a single flank steak to be found within 10 miles. So I changed it [...]
September 2, 2010 (12:24) Homemade Hashbrowns I love crispy edged hash browns but have had trouble making them consistently. Great tip on getting the starch out!
August 30, 2010 (11:40) Homemade Hashbrowns Waffle House hash browns have nothing on these suckers. Delish.
August 30, 2010 (9:12) Homemade Hashbrowns YES. Excellent man. Nothing like a good hash brown.
August 29, 2010 (8:13) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Chris - It is totally time to start using up that fresh basil. If you can move it into the house. That basil is good all year.
August 27, 2010 (10:49) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Fresh basil is the best. It's getting that time of year that I need to start using up our basil plants, they have been productive this year.