I love Mexican food. I could probably eat a burrito everyday for the rest of my life and die happy. As long as I got to change it up a bit every now and then anyway. I’ve experimented with many bean fillings for vegetarian tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, and this is my favorite. Enjoy it [...]
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I love Mexican food. Burritos, nachos, quesadillas and all their toppings. I make a mean guacamole and salsa but I had never made my own Pico De Gallo. Then I won Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From an Accidental Country Girl by entering a giveaway at One Starry Night. Ree’s Pico De Gallo was [...]
Welcome to Foodie Fridays! From the book My Bombay Kitchen by Niloufer Ichaporia King: “Italian eggs are as Italian as the French dressing you buy in supermarkets in France.” So basically, these don’t actually capture the taste of what you might expect an Italian egg to taste like. That is, if you even had an expectation [...]
My husband says he could live off Japanese food. I made this for him the other day after he said he wanted to do something with a few packages of Udon noodles he found at the grocery store. They were cheap – less than $1 per package,, making this a pretty frugal soup when all [...]
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These brownies are the world’s best. I know I don’t take the best pictures in the world to prove it, but you’re going to have to trust me. This brownie is the brownie you pay extra for at your favorite bakery because you know how good they are. In fact, for many years I did [...]
Once in awhile I enjoy making my own veggie burgers from scratch. Every time I do I think I should do it more often, for no store bought variety ever tastes as good. Here is the first recipe I ever used to make my own veggie burgers when I was a teenager. Packed with protein [...]
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As a kid, my favorite sandwich used to be peanut butter and Cheez Whiz. These days I’ve traded in my Cheez Whiz for a nice aged white cheddar and I’ve added a drizzle of honey, but most people still think this is a weird food combination. Of course, once they try it most people like [...]
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