A Mostly Spicy Adventure In My Texas Kitchen
As I have said before my Grandmother make the BEST EVER Peach Cobbler. What makes her cobbler recipe so delicious, besides the fresh Parker County Peaches, are her dumplings and delicious flakey crust. I love this cobbler so much that for a while now I’ve been thinking about turning this sweet desert into something savory. […]
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Earlier this week I made Croque Madame Muffins from Rachel Khoo’s cookbook The Little Paris Kitchen. As I said before a Croque Madame is one of my favorite sandwiches and I’ve been thinking about these flavors all week. While I have all the ingredients to make another batch of these delicious muffins I have decided […]
Read MoreHappy Friday Y’all! Do you know what today is? It’s National Cheese Pizza Day and it’s the perfect day for me to share with you my recipe for Creamy Roasted Hatch Green Chile Pizza. With Hatch Chiles being in abundance right now this is the perfect pizza to make for dinner tonight. I was lucky […]
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I saw this recipe on the Food Network show Barefoot Contessa several years ago and it simply made my mouth water. I knew I had to give this recipe a try and it has been one of my favorite pasta sauce recipes ever since. I would love to tell you that I changed up several things […]
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I really worry sometimes that we have become too reliant on processed food products. I truly think that processed food started out with the best intentions and good quality, but sadly over the years they have become so chemically modified that it hardly resembles the product it once was. For the past few years I […]
Read MoreIf 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 […]
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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 […]
Read MoreBy now you know that I have a love for that beautiful green sauce called Pesto. Since its late spring in Texas and my Basil is growing wildly out of control right now many of my recent posts have had something to do with this delightful sauce. So I figured what’s the harm in […]
Read MoreIt’s late spring in Texas and the sweet basil is growing like crazy in my garden so that means its time to start making pesto. To say that I love pesto would be an understatement, the freshness from the herbs, the slight kick from the garlic, the nutty flavor from the pine nuts, and […]
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Meals With Mel 