29 Saturday Aug 2015
Posted in appetizers, gluten free, love to cook, seafood
Tags
corn, crabmeat, cream cheese, mayonnaise, pepperjack cheese, poblano pepper, scallion, sour cream
Roasted Corn & Poblano Crab Dip.
There are sooo many fabulous hot dip recipes out there. “There” being the fruitful internet.
Every other month I make a new appetizer to delight the appetite :) Continue reading »
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25 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in breakfast & brunch, healthy choices, love to cook, Mexican/Latin, vegetarian
Tags
avocado, corn, cream cheese, eggs, onion, pepperjack cheese, poblano peppers, scallion, white beans
I lay in bed Sunday morning pretending to be asleep. There was a steady rain tapping on the window, the kind that lulls you to sleep. It was not my morning to get up with the dogs (yet if I were already awake when the first bark came would it seem only reasonable that I take them out, even though I did the day before). These are my words, we’re not really score keepers.
I justified my silent stillness by creating recipes in my mind. Savory Egg Stuffed Poblano Peppers nestled on a bed of enchilada sauced white beans. I did not take the dogs out. Continue reading »
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15 Wednesday Oct 2014
Chicken Chilaquiles. Chee-lah-KEE-less. Chicken-ala-cheese-ness.
There are about a bazillion corn tortillas in a package. Have you noticed that? No matter what recipe I make with them, inevitably I will have half a bazillion leftover. That’s what led me to this classic Mexican dish. Chilaquiles are traditionally made from corn tortillas that may have been hanging around for a bit…aka stale. Continue reading »
11,297 total views, 14 views today
04 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in appetizers, beef, pork, lamb, love to cook, Mexican/Latin
I vowed to stay out of Publix for a week following the holidays. I called home as I entered the store to admit to my failures. The words on the other end were few. “Damn it Lib ;) Pick up a pork butt and I’ll forgive you.” Continue reading »
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05 Sunday May 2013
Posted in appetizers, love to cook, Mexican/Latin
We found the nicest bag of jalapeños at our wholesale club on Saturday and decided to try our hand at making Jalapeño Poppers. As we worked our way through the store we talked about how me might change them up. Continue reading »
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12 Sunday Aug 2012
Posted in beef, pork, lamb, gluten free, love to cook, Mexican/Latin
Stuffed Poblano Peppers.
A picture is worth a thousand words….or at least the twenty or so it would take to describe each step of this dish. I’m going to stick to the bare minimum and encourage you to finish the story with your own words (ingredients). Continue reading »
130,418 total views, 24 views today