Mom’s Chicken Enchilada Casserole and the Evolution of a Family Recipe….

July 23, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Every year for my birthday my Mom has the family over for a meal and every year we have this same conversation a few days prior…. Mom: So what do you want me to make for your Birthday dinner? Me: Your Chicken Enchiladas. Mom: But I made that last year. Me: Yep and it’s my […]

Mel’s Spicy “Green” Pulled Pork Tamales, The Dallas Cowboys and a Doctor Who Marathon….

July 19, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

The Dallas Cowboys head to Oxnard, California this up coming week to begin training for the 2014/2015 Season. So let the countdown to my crazy hopes and dreams of a Championship Season begin. Tony Romo if you ever come across this just know that I STILL BELIEVE!!! The first Cowboys game of the season is […]

A Tex-Mex Blue Plate Special and Use #3 for Mel’s Spicy Pulled Pork…

June 29, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

If I had to pick one meal that I thought defined Texas this would be it. Enchiladas filled with either beef, cheese or in this case my spicy pulled pork, smothered in Chili Con Carne and covered with cheese. Served on a plate in between Refried Pinto Beans and Mexican Rice. This is the meal […]

Spicy Pulled Pork Jalapeño Poppers…

June 23, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

A couple of weeks ago I made my spicy pulled pork for my pulled pork tacos. It was a huge 10 lb pork roast and left me with plenty of extra pork for other recipes. As I said before, I use this pulled pork for everything and I think you are going to be drooling like […]

Mel’s Spicy Baja Style Fish Tacos

June 22, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

One of my favorite places to travel to is San Jose del Cabo, in Mexico. San Jose is this beautiful little art town at the very tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. The landscape is a hot, arid and rather prickly set up against the beautiful deep blue Sea of Cortez. It’s an oasis in the […]