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 […]

Chicken Fajitas On a Stick…..

June 23, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Being from Texas you know how much I love my Mexican food. Honestly I have a hard time going more than a week without it whether it’s “True” Mexican food, Tex-Mex food, or even Baja “California Style” Mexican food…. I’m not picky I love it all. But of all the different types of Mexican foods […]

Smoked Chicken Tacos With Roasted Poblano Salsa Verde…..

April 15, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

Years ago I had a cute little electric smoker…. He was red and reminded me of a little Star Wars droid. I even named him R2. This little smoker was super easy to use and always produced tender juicy smoked meats. Sadly about 2 years ago the electric element went out and that was the […]

Migas Stuffed Breakfast Chile Rellenos

March 21, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Most mornings I’m not a breakfast person all I need is few shots of espresso and I’m out the door running. But when I do make breakfast you can almost bet it will have a Tex-Mex flair. In other words there will be eggs, onions, peppers, tortillas, and cheese involved… Now I will admit that […]

Two Classic American Casseroles Transformed Into One……

February 10, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Growing up my two favorite dishes were my Mom’s Chicken & Rice Casserole and King Ranch Chicken Enchiladas. Both of these dishes are fairly simple to assemble using ingredients most everyone keeps on hand. Although I will admit to making these dishes slightly more complicated over the past year by making my own Cream of […]

Texas Brisket Tacos with Blue Mesa Jalapeño Relish

October 6, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

I made these tasty Brisket Tacos 2 weekends ago to take tailgating to the Dallas Cowboys game against the New Orleans Saints. In case you didn’t see that amazing game the Cowboys won :). The Cowboys also beat the Houston Texans in a nail bitting game Yesterday…. So for me as a life long, […]

Hungarian Paprika Chicken

September 15, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is a recipe from another one of my favorite cookbooks, “Eva’s Kitchen” by the one and only Eva Longoria. Who, by the way also just happens to be a Texas native :). Eva’s hairdresser on the set of Desperate Housewives shared his grandmother’s recipe for Hungarian Paprika Chicken with her and now I’m sharing […]