A Mostly Spicy Adventure In My Texas Kitchen
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 […]
Read MoreThe past few days here in Texas it has been chilly, rainy and absolutely wonderful. In fact it was so cold yesterday that we set a record low, high temperature and there is a good chance we will do the same again today. I even heard the weatherman use the word Polar Vortex today!?!? Is […]
Read MoreGrilled Chicken, Rotisserie Chicken, Roasted Chicken, Poached Chicken… I almost always have some form of left over chicken in my refrigerator and one of my favorite quick meals to make with leftover chicken is my chicken fried rice. When I made this fried rice the other night I used leftover grilled chicken tenders and brown rice […]
Read MoreAfter spending almost 24 hours traveling on Friday I finally made it back to the great state of Texas on Saturday. I took me a day to recover from the crazy jet lag but now I’m back to myself and back in the kitchen. I had a wonderful time in Italy. Rome was a lot […]
Read MoreThose hot summer days are fast approaching here in North Texas. Usually they are already here by now but so far we have been lucky this summer and it hasn’t been too unbareable. Knock on Wood…. I know on those hot summer days when it’s 100+ degrees outside the last thing that we want to […]
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Several summers ago I was fortunate enough to visit Lyon, France. If you don’t know this, many consider Lyon the gastronomical capital of France and if you are a lover of French foods like me Lyon was like visiting the Food Holy Land. One of my favorite dished that I had while in Lyon […]
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I have often mentioned my grandparents (aka Papa and Mayme) and talked about their garden. As a child Mayme and Papa would take care of me during the daytime while my parent were at work. My Mom would usually drop me off at their house around 7:45 in the mornings and I would run straight […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
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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 […]
Read MoreBreakfast, Lunch or Dinner, Baked Eggs are ALWAYS a Winner! Baked eggs are one of my favorite meals to make after a long hard day, the morning after a late night, or for nice Sunday lunch. These baked eggs are a stress free quick fix dinner that cooks in under 20 minutes. For me there is […]
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Meals With Mel 