Two Great Cookbooks and One Fabulous Austin-Style, Tex-Mex Feast….

August 4, 2014.Reading time 9 minutes.

As I have said before I love cookbooks. So when I had a small group of friends over last Thursday I wanted to try something a little different. I was craving Mexican food, I know that’s a real shocker, but I wanted something lighter than the typical rich and heavy Tex-Mex meal. Then I remembered […]

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 […]

The Weekly Photo Challenge – Between the Land and Sea…

June 22, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This photo was taken during a early morning walk with my husband along a beach in Los Cabos, Mexico. The waves that morning were huge and we later found out that there was a tropical storm about 200 miles off the coast. To answer your question… No he had no idea that the wave was […]

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor…..

June 4, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’m a Texas girl through and through and if there is one thing I love it’s a good margarita. Now when I say a “Good” margarita what I mean is it’s got to have 100% blue agave tequila, for example I use Hornitos Silver Tequila. I’ve got to have a good splash of Grand Marnier, […]

Mel’s Cheese and Pesto Homemade Ravioli

May 24, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

Ravioli…. Oh those delicious little pillows of pasta filled with cheese. Who doesn’t love ravioli? So of course on my pasta making adventure this past week homemade Ravioli was on the list of things to make. I did just a simple ricotta cheese filling then I packed in the flavor with…. You guessed it […]

Mel’s “Mean Green” Chicken Florentine Lasagna

May 24, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

This past week I have been on an adventure making homemade pasta dough. One of the first pasta dishes I made this week was my take on Northern Italian Lasagna. This is a béchamel base lasagna is packed full of sautéed spinach, chicken, pesto, and all topped off with a nice cheesy crust. The lasagna […]