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Enchiladas en Salsa Roja

Enchiladas en Salsa Roja Today kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month. From September 15 to October 15 Hispanics celebrate their history, culture, life, family, and future. Naturally when I celebrate this holiday I think of the food. My heritage, past and future all tie into plates, dishes and steamy bowls of wonderful comida cooked by my grandparents, mother and family. Food is an extension of culture, an extension of a family’s love passed from one generation to another. A memory captured on a fork, a smell that instantly transports you to your childhood or a taste that reminds you of a special time,… Read More

Jalapeño Cream

Jalapeño Cream I made a huge platter of enfrijoladas last night for Monday Night Football. Are you excited for the return of football? I’m ecstatic!! We love football!! With the excitement I wanted to add a little pizzazz to my enfrijoladas. I had spotted (I mean Chuls~my daughter) this Jalapeño Cream on the Food Network Magazine and we decided to give it a try. A quick sauce studded with jalapenos and cilantro whirled through the food processor, pretty easy, but big on taste. Today for a quick lunch I drizzled it over a taco filled with roasted chicken and a… Read More

Cucumber Salsa

Cucumber Salsa I first tried this salsa for the closing ceremony of the Olympics. My family joined us and we piled this salsa over a hefty plate of pinto bean nachos. Cucumbers are not my first go to ingredient when I make salsa, but I have to admit I really enjoyed the refreshing bite this salsa offered. I also set out a fiery, thinner salsa to drizzle over the nachos, so in between the heat and the surprise of seeing my teen crush George Michael shake his bon-bon on national TV I clearly need cooling off. Enjoy! This salsa… Read More

California in Pictures

After my trip to NYC I headed out to Sunny California to visit my little brother. Here’s a few pictures I snapped of our trip, Enjoy! ~ 2 Grandparents, 2 Moms and 4 kids on a 24 hour trip Donuts were a MUST!! ~ Arizona ~ Holy Burrito Batman!! ~ I sipped on agua de guayaba while we shopped for a family BBQ. ~ After our BBQ all of us craved Cheesecake. I had a slice of Chocolate. ~ We took the kids to Birch Aquarium. ~ All the kids were fascinated by the colorful fishes. ~ The San Diego view! ~ After the Aquarium… Read More

Hatch Chile Breakfast Potatoes

Hatch Chile Breakfast Potatoes It’s Hatch Chile season! I adore cooking with these bright chiles and love adding them to my breakfast skillet potatoes. My girls enjoy these potatoes served with a fried egg on top and hubby loves to add even more salsa to his. I personally like to stuff them in a warm corn tortilla with finely sliced cabbage. Great for brunch, even better when serving breakfast for dinner or totally acceptable for midnight snacking after a few margaritas (ahem, ya this might have happened a few times). I’m sharing these amazing breakfast potatoes with Girlichef and Helen’s Breakfast club Event ~ Mexican… Read More

NYC In Pictures

I was recently invited to be a Verizon Ambassador and share..share..share pictures of my day when I wasn’t in the kitchen as a food blogger. Here are a few pictures of my recent trip to NYC! Enjoy! 1. My trip begins. I flew out of San Antonio Airport at 7:30 am. I live in Converse, love them! 2. WOW! The city in intense, but I immediately fell in love with the energy. 3. I walked around the city as much as I could during my conference breaks. SO much to see. 4. A HTML class with my good amiga Melanie Edwards, she was great! … Read More

Paletas de Piña y Arándano

Paletas de Piña y Arándano ~ Pineapple Blueberry Pops I spent the weekend making salsa, small batches of salsa. I get this way sometimes. I crave chile and lots and lots of heat. And I want to drizzle it on everything. I almost laced my pancakes with it, but noticed the stare from my 7 yr old from the corner of my eye and contained myself. I still think blueberry pancakes with salsa verde would have rocked! Geez… estas niñas. By the end of the weekend I had nibbled on a few tacos, a stack of tortillas chips and… Read More

Paletas de Melon

Paletas de Melon I’m home. I arrived this morning and I already miss my little brother in sunny California. I had the best time. Thing is… the California weather was much like Texas, minus the humidity. It was HOT!! The lady I chatted with at the local honey stand said this is the hottest it’s ever been in California, figures. I show up to get a break from the Texas weather and it follows me. Lucky us we had paletas. Paletas de melon to ease the heat. There is a chance for rain today with cooler temps. Too bad I’ll be catching up on much needed sleep after our 24… Read More