8-Minute Broiled Salmon

March 28, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hi Everyone!!! Today I wanted to share with you all one of my favorite go to recipes for 8-Minute Broiled Salmon. This delicious salmon recipe cooks in literally 8 minutes and I promise you the butteriest, most delicious piece of fish you have ever tasted. Now there are a couple of secrets to making this […]

Smoky Ancho Chicken Tortilla Soup

October 31, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!! I just love the cool crisp October Days don’t you? The smell of hay in the air, Pumpkins decorating every door step, and cuddling up in a cozy sweater by the fire with a bowl of this soup. Unfortunately, the cool crisp October’s I love are nowhere to be found in Texas. […]

Simple Jalapeño Pinto Beans and Cornbread

August 10, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

I use to always love talking to my grandmother about food. We would talk about all the new recipes we’ve tried and others we wanted to still make. I vividly remember one day telling her about how I had just made Chicken and Rice casserole but with my own homemade condensed soups. She looked at […]

Jalapeño Shrimp Caesar Salad

August 4, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hey Y’all!! We’ve been super busy here in Texas lately and with the hottest days of summer upon us light and quick meals are a must. Recently one of my go to meals has been this delicious Jalapeño Shrimp Caesar Salad. Cool crispy romaine lettuces, creamy avocado, warm juicy shrimp, and my secret ingredient….. Jalapeño […]

Fried Artichoke and Shrimp Pasta

June 27, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

I love coming up with a new recipes but sometimes I struggle to write something “personal” about a dish. It’s not a dish I have a story about, a family recipe, or a dish that was inspired by my travels. More often than not my recipes come from spending hours in the car driving home […]

A Mexican Fiesta: Grilled Tamarind Chicken Tacos

May 3, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Last summer while sitting at the airport in San Antonio, Texas I picked up a copy of The Best of Fine Cookings Mexican Recipes. While flipping through the pages on our way to LAX I found a recipe for Grilled Tamarind Chicken Tacos. My mouth was instantly watering because I could only imagine the flavor […]

A Mexican Fiesta: Carne Asada & Quick Houston Style Green Salsa

May 1, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve always been more of a grilled chicken kinda girl when it comes to Mexican food. I’ve just never had luck with grilled cuts of meat like skirt steak. No matter what I did or how carefully I cooked it the meat always came out tough and chewy… Never like you get in the restaurants. […]

A Mexican Fiesta: Vegetable Enchiladas With Roasted Poblano Salsa Verde

April 29, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Guess What??? It’s only 7 days (including today) until Cinco De Mayo 🙂 Since I love all things Mexican I though it would be fun to do a weeks worth of Mexican Recipes leading up to the BIG day… Let’s call it A week-long Mexican Fiesta!!! Whose ready to get this party started? The first […]

Let Them Eat Cake… I’ll Have The Chicken Fried Steak

April 4, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

According to WordPress today is Meals With Mel’s official two-year blogiversary and I think some celebration is in order. First, I would like to say THANK YOU to all of my readers who over the last two years have encouraged, inspired, and most of all become my friends. Thank you for every single LIKE, Comment, Follow, […]

Happy Easter Sunday : The Perfect Deviled Eggs

March 26, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

With Easter Sunday just around the corner (in case you don’t realize this it’s tomorrow) I wanted to re-share with you all the updated version of my Perfect Deviled Eggs. This “Egg-Cellent” recipe was one I originally got from the Green Table Restaurant in NYC about 3 years ago and after a couple of adaptations […]